Volume 26, Issue 129, November 2022

Prevalence of dry eye disease symptoms among medical students in Al-Madinah

Hanan Makhdoum¹, Mohammed Khoshhal^2♦, Turki Algethami³, Waleed Alshehri², Ahmed Albelowi⁴, Husain AlHabuobi⁴, Nasser Alsuhaymi⁵

¹Associate professor of Ophthalmology, College of medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
²Medical intern, College of medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
³Ophthalmology resident, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁴Medical student, College of medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
⁵Medical student, College of medicine, Al-Rayan Colleges, Medina, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Medical intern, College of medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Dry eye disease (DED) is a multi factorial disease of the ocular surface and tears that result in various symptoms. Although there are several studies on the prevalence of DED in general prevalence among medical students is still limited and sparse. Therefore, the aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of DED among medical students in Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: This study was carried out among clinical and pre clinical medical students from March 2022 to May 2022 in two separate Universities in Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire was taken from previously published project and reviewed by two ophthalmologists. Results: A total of 680 medical students were included. Most of them (n = 462, 67.9%) were reported to have DED. About half of those with DED were considered to have severe disease (n = 219) the rest had mild and moderate disease. Conclusion: Dry eye disease symptoms among medical students were highly prevalent. Many factors were found to have a role in developing DED.

Keywords: Dry eye disease; OSDI; Medical students; Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms456e2476

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i129/ms456e2476

Published: 08 November 2022