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dc.creatorIvan O.haefligerpt_BR
dc.creatorYasmina d. Haefligerpt_BR
dc.creatorAna Rosa Pimentel de Figueiredopt_BR
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-06T20:24:43Z-
dc.date.available2023-06-06T20:24:43Z-
dc.date.issued2020-01-16-
dc.citation.volume237pt_BR
dc.citation.issue04pt_BR
dc.citation.spage527pt_BR
dc.citation.epage530pt_BR
dc.identifier.doi10.1055/a-1112-7335pt_BR
dc.identifier.issn00232165pt_BR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1843/54614-
dc.description.resumoPurpose: To assess the prevalence of epiphora in the general adult population based on PubMed search citations. Methods: 1) Electronic PubMed MEDLINE database search (September 13, 2019) with the terms (Medical Subject Headings or MeSH) "prevalence" and "epiphora", 2) "epiphora" and "dry eye", and 3) "prevalence", "epiphora", and "dry eye". Review of all citations from these searches containing the term "epiphora" either in their abstract or title. Results: 1) PubMed search retrieved 2 617 137 citations for "prevalence", 26 135 for "epiphora", and 2554 for "prevalence" AND "epiphora". Within the latter 2554 citations, the word "epiphora" appeared in the abstract or title of only 109 citations (< 5%). None of these 109 citations assessed the prevalence of epiphora in the adult general population as the primary end point. Only one abstract mentioned that out of 125 patients, 7.2% indicated, retrospectively, that they had already had epiphora before cataract surgery. Two large population-based studies addressed the incidence of epiphora, not in adults, but in infants (20%) and children (7.7%). 2) The PubMed search showed 22 487 citations for "dry eye", 30 211 for "epiphora" OR "dry eye", and up to 18 414 joint citations for the terms "epiphora" AND "dry eye". These 18 414 citations were 70 and 82% of the number of MeSH citations for "epiphora" and "dry eye" alone, respectively. Of these 18 414 citations, the word "epiphora" only appeared in 131 citations (< 1%), one of them being an extra report mentioning a 32% incidence of epiphora among postmenopausal women. 3) The search found 2206 citations for "prevalence" AND "epiphora" AND "dry eye", with only 10 of them (< 1%) containing the word "epiphora".Conclusions: Despite a large number of citations retrieved by PubMed searches, there seems to be a lack of studies on the prevalence of epiphora in the adult general population. There is apparently also a large number of overlapping PubMed citations retrieved for searches with the terms "epiphora" AND "dry eye", although more than 99% of them did not even display the word "epiphora". Although epiphora is considered a common complain, its prevalence in the adult general population deserves to be further assessed.pt_BR
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dc.languageengpt_BR
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Minas Geraispt_BR
dc.publisher.countryBrasilpt_BR
dc.publisher.departmentMED - DEPARTAMENTO DE OFTALMOLOGIA E OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIApt_BR
dc.publisher.initialsUFMGpt_BR
dc.relation.ispartofKlinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde-
dc.rightsAcesso Restritopt_BR
dc.subjectepíforapt_BR
dc.subjectEpidemiologypt_BR
dc.subject.otherLacrimal Apparatus Diseasespt_BR
dc.subject.otherEpidemiologypt_BR
dc.titleA pubmed citations search study on the prevalence of epiphora in the general adult populationpt_BR
dc.title.alternativeEine Studie zur PubMed-Zitatsuche über die Prävalenz der Epiphora in der erwachsenen Allgemeinbevölkerungpt_BR
dc.typeArtigo de Periódicopt_BR
dc.url.externahttps://www.thieme.de/de/klinische-monatsblaetter-augenheilkunde/profil-3868.htmpt_BR
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-986Xpt_BR
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