Vision-related quality of life and psychological status in Chinese women with Sjogren’s syndrome dry eye: a case-control study

Table 2 NEI-VFQ and OSDI scores in the SSDE and non-SSDE groups

Scale	SSDE	Non-SSDE	Cohen’s d value	P-value
General health	34.2 ± 19.7	49 ± 21.7	0.7282	0.0075*
General vision	51 ± 20.8	63 ± 14.2	0.6862	0.0217*
Ocular pain	55.8 ± 25.4	57.9 ± 27.9	0.0894	0.7347
Short distance vision activities	73.67 ± 24.42	79.53 ± 24.05	0.2460	0.2293
Long distance vision activities	81.13 ± 20.42	92.19 ± 12.90	0.6591	0.0240*
Social function	90.69 ± 14.59	95.83 ± 8.96	0.4319	0.1317
Mental health	61.83 ± 29.02	63.17 ± 27.78	0.0477	0.9406
Role difficulties	66.67 ± 28.16	76.04 ± 24.57	0.3608	0.2518
Dependency	73.13 ± 26.57	77.71 ± 24.98	0.1808	0.4972
Driving	62.7 ± 30.37	65.4 ± 34.88	0.0840	0.5483
Color vision	91.67 ± 17.78	97.50 ± 10.06	0.4105	0.1447
Peripheral vision	90.83 ± 17.96	97.50 ± 7.63	0.4696	0.1411
Composite OSDI score	45.83 ± 23.62	36.32 ± 21.35	0.4296	0.1598
Ocular symptoms	49.83 ± 27.87	34.50 ± 23.79	0.6018	0.0256*
Vision-related function	29.58 ± 25.52	25.63 ± 26.58	0.1542	0.4613
Environmental Triggers	60.83 ± 34.40	53.61 ± 34.99	0.2116	0.3829

Effect size was determined by Cohen’s d value
OSDI ocular surface disease index, NEI-VFQ National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire, SSDE Sjogren’s syndrome dry eye
* p < 0.05 statistically significant

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