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Barbara Caffery
Researcher at Toronto Western Hospital
Publications - 35
Citations - 6120
Barbara Caffery is an academic researcher from Toronto Western Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Contact lens & Population. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 31 publications receiving 4839 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara Caffery include Ohio State University & New England College of Optometry.
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TFOS DEWS II Definition and Classification Report
Jennifer P. Craig,Kelly K. Nichols,Esen K. Akpek,Barbara Caffery,Harminder S Dua,Choun Ki Joo,Zuguo Liu,J. Daniel Nelson,J. Daniel Nelson,Jason J. Nichols,Kazuo Tsubota,Fiona Stapleton +11 more
TL;DR: The new definition recognizes the multifactorial nature of dry eye as a disease where loss of homeostasis of the tear film is the central pathophysiological concept and central to the scheme is a positive diagnosis of DED with signs and symptoms, and this is directed towards management to restore homeostosis.
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The epidemiology of dry eye disease: Report of the epidemiology subcommittee of the international Dry Eye WorkShop (2007)
Janine A. Smith,Julie Albenz,Carolyn G. Begley,Barbara Caffery,Kelly K. Nichols,Debra A. Schaumberg,Oliver D. Schein +6 more
TL;DR: The report of the Epidemiology Subcommittee of the 2007 Dry Eye WorkShop summarizes current knowledge on the epidemiology of dry eye disease, providing prevalence and incidence data from various populations.
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Methodologies to diagnose and monitor dry eye disease: Report of the diagnostic methodology subcommittee of the international Dry Eye Workshop (2007)
Anthony J. Bron,Mark B. Abelson,George W Ousler,E. I. Pearce,Alan Tomlinson,Norihiko Yokoi,Janine A. Smith,Carolyn G. Begley,Barbara Caffery,Kelly K. Nichols,Debra A. Schaumberg,Oliver D. Schein,Margarita Calonge,Christophe Baudouin,Eiki Goto,Franz Grus,Jerry Paugh +16 more
TL;DR: The role of the Diagnostic Methodology Subcommittee of the Dry Eye Workshop was to identify tests used to screen, diagnose and monitor dry eye disease, to establish criteria for test performance, and to consider the utility of tests in a variety of clinical settings.
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The relationship between habitual patient-reported symptoms and clinical signs among patients with dry eye of varying severity.
Carolyn G. Begley,Robin L. Chalmers,Linda Abetz,K. Venkataraman,Polyxane Mertzanis,Barbara Caffery,Christopher W. Snyder,Timothy B. Edrington,Daniel P. Nelson,Trefford Simpson +9 more
TL;DR: The global clinician grade of dry eye correlated more highly with patient symptoms than did clinical signs, suggesting that patient symptoms influence dry eye diagnosis and grading of dryEye more than clinical test results.
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Characterization of ocular surface symptoms from optometric practices in North America.
Carolyn G. Begley,Robin L. Chalmers,G.L. Mitchell,Kelly K. Nichols,Barbara Caffery,Trefford Simpson,Renee Dutoit,Joan Portello,Larry J. Davis +8 more
TL;DR: The results show that symptoms of ocular irritation and visual disturbances were relatively common in this unselected clinical population, which suggested that environmental factors played a role in the etiology of the symptoms.