EVALUACION DE LA PELÍCULA LAGRIMAL EN LOS CONDUCTORES DE TAXIS DEL CANTÓN PORTOVIEJO

Abstract

More awareness of Dry Eye Syndrome has emerged in many parts of the world since the 1990s; there are organizations that have made an incalculable effort to publicize the basis and impact of this disease in order to provide better clinical management to those who suffer from it. In our country, Latin America and other Spanish-speaking countries, there are no studies of this problem that allow us to know what we are facing; questionnaires such as the one used in this research is not validated for use in our populations. The dry eye syndrome is a real problem that causes a lot of discomfort, but that is curiously underdiagnosed in the ophthalmological consultations in our country, so it is very important to carry out this study and even more in a population that is daily exposed to environmental pollutants that are harmful to your eye health. Educating the population in general with visual health issues is a pending task that Optometry professionals have; since the importance of a correct refraction is equal to the importance and care of the tear film for a proper functioning of the same and avoid in this way, significantly increase the statistics of dry eye syndrome.