Table 4.

The effect of eye care methods and demographic characteristics on the incidence and severity of OSD.

Outcomes Variables	Incidence of OSD			Severity of OSD
	OR2	95% CI	p value	IRR1	95% CI	p value
Ointment vs. tape	0.19	(0.09, 0.41)	<0.0001	0.24	(0.11, 0.52)	<0.0001
Cover vs. tape	0.06	(0.01, 0.20)	<0.0001	0.10	(0.02, 0.39)	0.001
Cover vs. ointment	0.31	(0.08, 1.10)	0.08	0.40	(0.10, 1.40)	0.10
Age	0.97	(0.95, 1.01)	0.09	0.97	(0.95, 0.99)	0.02
Gender (female vs. male)	0.64	(0.25, 1.60)	0.30	1.20	(0.51, 3.10)	0.60
GCSS	0.71	(0.46, 1.10)	0.10	0.52	(0.34, 0.78)	0.002

¹Incidence rate ratio. ²Odds ratio.