Table 4.
The Impact of Dry Eye Disease on Work Productivity
| Incidence (%) | Severity of Dry Eye | P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | |||||||
| Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | ||||
| Work hours missed due to dry eye weekly | 1–2 | 23 (5.0%) | 3 | 4.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 20 | 6.1% | 0.094 |
| 3–5 | 2 (0.4%) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.6% | ||
| 6–8 | 8 (1.8%) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 2.5% | ||
| >8 | 2 (0.4%) | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| I do not miss work because of dry eyes | 428 (92.4%) | 66 | 94.3% | 65 | 98.5% | 297 | 90.8% | ||
| Work hours affected due to dry eye weekly | 1–2 | 81 (17.5%) | 2 | 2.9% | 3 | 4.5% | 76 | 23.2% | 0.00* |
| 3–5 | 23 (5.0%) | 3 | 4.3% | 1 | 1.5% | 19 | 5.8% | ||
| 6–8 | 13 (2.8%) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 13 | 4.0% | ||
| >8 | 9 (1.9%) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 9 | 2.8% | ||
| My functional performance is not affected by dry eyes | 337 (72.8%) | 65 | 92.9% | 62 | 93.9% | 210 | 64.2% | ||
| Face difficulty in focusing due to dry eye | Yes | 220 (47.5%) | 12 | 17.1% | 15 | 22.7% | 193 | 59.0% | 0.00* |
| No | 243 (52.5%) | 58 | 82.9% | 51 | 77.3% | 134 | 41.0% | ||
| Take a break from work due to dry eye | Yes | 311 (67.2%) | 27 | 38.6% | 27 | 40.9% | 257 | 78.6% | 0.00* |
| No | 152 (32.8%) | 43 | 61.4% | 39 | 59.1% | 70 | 21.4% | ||
| Need to stay away from air-conditioning, office equipment, or make any other changes in the work environment to improve dry eye | Yes | 289 (62.4%) | 23 | 32.9% | 17 | 25.8% | 249 | 76.1% | 0.00* |
| No | 174 (37.6%) | 47 | 67.1% | 49 | 74.2% | 78 | 23.9% | ||
| Impact of dry eye on work performance during past week (0–10) | Mean (SD) | 2.542 (2.73) | 0.84 (1.28) | 1.272 (1.74) | 3.16 (2.88) | 0.000* | |||
Note: *p<0.05.
Abbreviation: SD, Standard Deviation.