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Autologous Serum Tears Receives High Patient Satisfaction Scores for Dry Eye Disease

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When the investigators performed a multi-linear regression analysis, they found DEQ-5 score was the only independent variable significantly associated with improvement in dry eye symptoms after treatment with autologous serum tears. Specifically, the patients with more severe cases of dry eye disease had less improvement in dry eye symptoms. In contrast, age, sex and autologous serum tears treatment duration were not significantly associated with the improvement in dry eye symptoms as measured by the SANDE total score.

Lara C. Pullen, PhD, is a medical writer based in the Chicago area.

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References

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  2. Kreimei M, Sorkin N, Boutin T, et al. Patient-reported outcomes of autologous serum tears for the treatment of dry eye disease in a large cohort. Ocul Surf. 2019 Jul 2. pii: S1542-0124(19)30080-1. [Epub ahead of print]

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