Mechanistic and fibroblast data are robust, but large independent randomized trials comparing GHK-Cu head-to-head with tretinoin are lacking
FIGURE 1 The prevalence of DED, which surged to as high as 61.0% during the COVID-19 pandemic (Ji et al., 2023), underscores the influence of increased exposure to visual display terminals and widespread mask usage during the pandemic, which likely exacerbated the condition by decreasing blink frequency and increasing thermal air currents over the ocular area, thus enhancing tear evaporation rates (Uwimana et al., 2022
b) The Screening for Poverty and Related social determinants to improve Knowledge of and links to resources (SPARK) tool to collect information about SDOH, including demographics (e.g., immigration status, gender identity, racial background), social needs (e.g., income, housing status, social isolation) and disability status
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