Prolonged facemask wearing among hospital workers and dry eye – a mixed-methods study
Abstract Background Prolonged facemask wearing may have negatively affected essential workers with dry eye. We conducted a mixed-methods study to examine and understand the associations of the ocular surface, periocular environment, and dry eye-related symptoms among hospital workers across the job...
Main Authors: | Tianjing Li, Paul M. McCann, Sarah Wilting, Steve McNamara, Darren G. Gregory, Scott G. Hauswirth, Cristos Ifantides, Lorie Benning, Tamara A. Sequeira, Riaz Qureshi, Su-Hsun Liu, Melissa A. Clark, Ian J. Saldanha, Alison G. Abraham |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-10-01
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Series: | BMC Ophthalmology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-023-03153-3 |
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