Differences in Dry Eye Questionnaire Symptoms in Two Different Modalities of Contact Lens Wear: Silicone-Hydrogel in Daily Wear Basis and Overnight Orthokeratology
Table 3
Differences in the DEQ scores for each symptom in both groups of CL.
DEQ symptom
CL
Baseline
15 days
1 month
3 months
Frequency of discomfort
Si-Hy
OK
0.07
0.53
0.10
0.06
Discomfort during the first 2 hours of the day
Si-Hy
OK
0.17
0.88
0.35
0.24
Discomfort at the end of the day
Si-Hy
OK
0.24
0.19
Bothersomeness of discomfort
Si-Hy
OK
0.09
0.05
0.17
0.07
Frequency of dryness
Si-Hy
OK
0.49
0.30
Dryness during the first 2 hours of the day
Si-Hy
OK
0.06
0.44
0.30
0.39
Dryness at the end of the day
Si-Hy
OK
0.43
Bothersomeness of dryness
Si-Hy
OK
0.17
0.16
0.06
Significance for Chi-square test (). Bold values in the same group for the same symptom show the visits in which statistically significant differences were found with Bonferroni post hoc correction.