Retrospective Observational Study on Rebamipide Ophthalmic Suspension on Quality of Life of Dry Eye Disease Patients

Table 4

The correlations between the DEQS and the clinical findings.

Summary score of DEQS

Before

1 month

3 months

6 months

12 months

24 months

r

value

r

value

R

value

r

value

r

value

r

value

Fluorescein staining score

−0.01

0.97

0.29

0.19

0.08

0.78

−0.31

0.23

−0.12

0.76

0.26

0.58

Tear breakup time (TBUT, s) score

0.1

0.7

0.37

0.47

−1.0

0.44

0.6

0.4

−1

N/A

r = correlation coefficient. N/A = not available. Spearman’s rank-order correlation analyses were used for statistical comparisons.