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The Epidemiology of Dry Eye Disease

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Dry eye disease is a large worldwide public health issue. It is common, chronic, and progressive and causes a significant reduction in quality of life and functional ability. Its prevalence increases with age, and no treatment is curative; therefore with an aging population, the prevalence will only increase. This will result in an ever expanding cost to society, both direct (need for medical care) and indirect (loss of productivity).

Dry eye disease affects more women than men, and women are more likely to have severe dry eye disease. Much work is being done looking at the role of hormones in dry eye disease. Meibomian gland dysfunction is the most common subtype of dry eye disease and appears to have a higher prevalence in Asian countries for as yet unknown reasons.

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Fiona Stapleton, Qian Garrett, and Jennifer Craig declare that they have no conflict of interest. No human or animal studies were carried out by the authors for this article.

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  1. School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Fiona Stapleton PhD MCOptom FAAO & Qian Garrett PhD

  2. Vision Eye Institute, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, 270 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, Sydney, NSW, 2067, Australia

    Colin Chan MBBS (Hons) FRANZCO

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Jennifer P. Craig PhD, MCOptom

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Stapleton, F., Garrett, Q., Chan, C., Craig, J.P. (2015). The Epidemiology of Dry Eye Disease. In: Chan, C. (eds) Dry Eye. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44106-0_2

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