@article{Cornelius Gnanadurai_Karunanidhi_Ramraj_Kumar_Swamyraj_2019, title={Study of dry eye in post-menopausal women}, volume={4}, url={https://opthalmology.medresearch.in/index.php/jooo/article/view/88}, DOI={10.17511/jooo.2019.i05.04}, abstractNote={<p>Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate hospital-based prevalence of dry eye in post-menopausal women, according to age, symptoms of dry eye and occupation. Materials and</p> <p>Methods: A cross-sectional study of 200 post-menopausal women attending ophthalmology out-patient department of SRM Medical College Hospital for 6 months. The diagnosis of dry eye was based on Schirmer’s test. The value of &lt; 5mm is considered severe dry eye, 5 – 8 mm is moderate dry Eye, 9–14 mm is mild dry eye and &gt; 15 mm is normal. The results were analyzed using the Chi-square test.</p> <p>Results: The prevalence of dry eye in post-menopausal women was 52%. The prevalence of dry eye increases with age from 26.8 % (50-54 years) to 85.7% (&gt;70years). The prevalence of dry eye in patients with symptoms of dry eye was 88% and without symptoms was 30.4%. The Schirmer`s test showed majority of patients had mild dry eye (27.5%) followed by moderate dry eye in 21%. The prevalence of dry eye with outdoor occupation was 64.4% compared to 41.8% for indoors.</p> <p>Conclusion: The prevalence of dry eye in this study was high. Even patients without symptoms of dry eye can have subclinical dry eye. Patients with outdoor occupation had a higher prevalence of dry eye. Simple treatment with artificial tear substitutes can effectively manage mild and moderate dry eye and help post-menopausal women in improving their quality of life. It would be advisable to screen all post-menopausal women for dry eye using a simple Schirmer`s test.</p&gt;}, number={5}, journal={Tropical Journal of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology}, author={Cornelius Gnanadurai, J. Samuel and Karunanidhi, S. Vimala and Ramraj, Balaji and Kumar, M. Sathish and Swamyraj, S.V.}, year={2019}, month={Sep.}, pages={328-333} }