Investigation of the morbidity of dry eye among special crowd in Shunde district
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Medical Science and Technology Project of Foshan Science and Technology Bureau in 2008, China(No. 200808119)

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    Abstract:

    AIM: To investigate the morbidity of dry eye in policeman of Shunde district, and to analyze the related factors and proposed methods of preventing and treating dry eye.

    METHODS:Totally 650 policemen who came for physical examination in Shunde district recived questionnaire survey. The patients with dye eye disease were finally diagnosed through slit lamp examination, Schirmer test, tear film break-up time(BUT)measurement and keratoconjunctival fluorescent staining. The morbidity among different policemen was further analyzed and stasticed.

    RESULTS:The results showed that 152 in 650 policemen suffered from dry eye disease, the ratio was 23.4%. Comparied with security police and crimanl police, the ratio in traffic police, patrolman,and back office police was significantly higher. The prevalence was higher when the ages were greater than 40.

    CONCLUSION: Unsuitable working environment, air contamination are high risk factors of dry eye disease.

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Zhi-Hui Li, Yong-Bo Duan, Chun-Yun Luo, et al. Investigation of the morbidity of dry eye among special crowd in Shunde district. Guoji Yanke Zazhi( Int Eye Sci) 2013;13(8):1723-1725

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  • Received:April 25,2013
  • Revised:July 24,2013
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  • Online: July 29,2013
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