1. All of the following tasks have been identified as being more difficult to perform for patients with dry eye EXCEPT:

2. Artificial tear substitutes have:

3. MJ is a 45-year-old female who complains of moderate visual symptoms that include redness, ocular irritation, and foreign body sensation at least once daily. In addition, her eyes tend to bother her more as the day progresses. All of the following would be appropriate treatment options for MJ EXCEPT:

4. The study by Yu et al showed that the economic loss resulting from diminished productivity:

5. The overall cost to society to treat dry eye disease was recently estimated to be:

6. Dry eye has a number of similarities to:

7. Patients with objective clinical findings such as surface staining may have more successful clinical outcomes with which treatment?

8. The direct costs for the treatment of dry eye to the US health-care system is:

9. Dry eye increases lost productivity through both absenteeism and presenteeism, with the former ranging from __________ days per year and the latter ranging from __________ per year, depending upon severity.

10. A deficiency of data between the impact of dry eye and its effect on quality of life and treatment efficacy is a common theme. Which of the following are NOT considered primary treatments?

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