Relationship between screen time and dry eye symptoms in pediatric population during the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Benha University Hospitals, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospitals, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology, Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: Hajirah_Saeed@meei.harvard.edu.

Abdelrahman M Elhusseiny et al. Ocul Surf. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct:22:117-119.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2021.08.002. Epub 2021 Aug 5.

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Benha University Hospitals, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospitals, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology, Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: Hajirah_Saeed@meei.harvard.edu.

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Keywords: COVID; Dry eye symptoms; SPEED questionnaire; Screen time; pediatric dry eye.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors AME, TKE. MSY, JG, RHE, AH, JTK, IAE, SMAS, OS, HNS declare no relevant disclosures or potential conflicts of interest.

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