Several non-ocular risk factors identified with severe dry eye symptoms

U.S. veterans with severe dry eye symptoms and ocular pain at baseline and those with specific non-ocular risk factors associated with dry eye were likely to have severe dry eye symptoms at 1 year. One hundred twenty U.S. veterans were included in a longitudinal study. Researchers evaluated the change in dry eye symptom severity for 1 year through responses to dry eye symptom questionnaires and a baseline risk factor analysis for severe dry eye symptoms.