35. Environmental and other Please mark applicable items regardless of whether you have any reason to believe they contributed to your dry eye disease.
Question Count Score
Never Not anymore Currently
Dry climate 479 2.09
Frequent exposure to air pollution 479 1.86
Frequent use of ceiling fans 479 2.02
Regularly exposed to sick building syndrome 479 1.29
Regular smoker 479 1.17
Regularly exposed to secondhand smoke 479 1.34
Average 1.63
Dry climate
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Never 177 36.95%
Not anymore 80 16.7%
Currently 222 46.35%
Total 479 100 %
Frequent exposure to air pollution
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Never 225 46.97%
Not anymore 95 19.83%
Currently 159 33.19%
Total 479 100 %
Frequent use of ceiling fans
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Never 175 36.53%
Not anymore 118 24.63%
Currently 186 38.83%
Total 479 100 %
Regularly exposed to sick building syndrome
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Never 374 78.08%
Not anymore 73 15.24%
Currently 32 6.68%
Total 479 100 %
Regular smoker
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Never 405 84.55%
Not anymore 65 13.57%
Currently 9 1.88%
Total 479 100 %
Regularly exposed to secondhand smoke
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Never 329 68.68%
Not anymore 138 28.81%
Currently 12 2.51%
Total 479 100 %