Dry eye disease symptoms and quality of life in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Pascual García-AlfaroS GarciaIgnacio Rodriguez C Vergés

Published in: Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society (2020)

DED symptoms are highly prevalent in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Postmenopausal women had a higher prevalence of symptoms and higher OSDI scores than perimenopausal women. The severity of DED symptoms and vision-related functions leads to poorer QoL.

Keyphrases

postmenopausal women
bone mineral density
sleep quality
risk factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
depressive symptoms
physical activity
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
cervical cancer screening