Open AccessTranslation and validation of the Portuguese version of a dry eye disease symptom questionnaire
Author(s) -
Julia Silvestre de Castro,
Iara Borin Selegatto,
Rosane Silvestre de Castro,
José Paulo Cabral de Vasconcelos,
Carlos Eduardo Leite Arieta,
Mônica Alves
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.603
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1678-2925
pISSN - 0004-2749
DOI - 10.5935/0004-2749.20170005
Subject(s) - concordance , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , portuguese , population , disease , brazilian portuguese , reliability (semiconductor) , family medicine , optometry , environmental health , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , power (physics) , nursing , physics , quantum mechanics
A symptom questionnaire is an important tool used to quantify and qualify the impact of a disease on a patient's related quality of life and to estimate the prevalence of a certain condition within a population. Ophthalmologists frequently encounter patients with dry eye disease (DED), and therefore, evaluating the symptoms reported by these patients influences diagnosis, therapeutic monitoring, and evaluations of disease progression. The latest consensus on dry eye (Dry Eye Workshop, DEWS), published in 2007, led to the standardization of several questionnaires and a better understanding of the prevalence, severity, and overall effect of DED on the patient's quality of life.