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Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 8 (2020), 1; 202-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2020.1770093
Toth, M. & Jokić Begić, N. (2020). Psychological contribution to understanding the nature of dry eye disease: a cross-sectional study of anxiety sensitivity and dry eyes. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 8. (1), 202-219. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2020.1770093
Toth, Marko and Nataša Jokić Begić. "Psychological contribution to understanding the nature of dry eye disease: a cross-sectional study of anxiety sensitivity and dry eyes." Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, vol. 8, no. 1, 2020, pp. 202-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2020.1770093
Toth, Marko and Nataša Jokić Begić. "Psychological contribution to understanding the nature of dry eye disease: a cross-sectional study of anxiety sensitivity and dry eyes." Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 8, no. 1 (2020): 202-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2020.1770093
Toth, M. and Jokić Begić, N. (2020) 'Psychological contribution to understanding the nature of dry eye disease: a cross-sectional study of anxiety sensitivity and dry eyes', Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 8(1), pp. 202-219. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2020.1770093
Toth M, Jokić Begić N. Psychological contribution to understanding the nature of dry eye disease: a cross-sectional study of anxiety sensitivity and dry eyes. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine [Internet]. 2020 May 28 [cited 2021 December 09];8(1):202-219. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2020.1770093
M. Toth and N. Jokić Begić, "Psychological contribution to understanding the nature of dry eye disease: a cross-sectional study of anxiety sensitivity and dry eyes", Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 202-219, May 2020. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:160127. [Accessed: 09 December 2021]
Title (english) Psychological contribution to understanding the nature of dry eye disease: a cross-sectional study of anxiety sensitivity and dry eyes
Author Marko Toth https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1603-2616
Author Nataša Jokić-Begić https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2597-535X
Author's institution University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica
Dry eye disease (DED) represents a common health problem in the general population. Previous studies have demonstrated that the subjective symptoms of dry eye are associated with several psychological factors, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. However, there is a lack of empirical information about the mechanisms underlying the relationships between DED and various psychological symptoms. In light of emerging evidence of its trans-diagnostic nature, anxiety sensitivity (i.e. AS) represents one promising factor for further understanding DED. The present study aimed to explore whether anxiety sensitivity plays a role in the perception of DED symptoms in a community-based sample of adults aged 20–89 years (N = 381; M = 39.72, SD = 12.6). A dry ocular surface was reported by 22.8% of the participants. As expected, women more often reported symptoms of dry eye that could be categorized as moderate to severe. The findings demonstrated that AS, and the AS-psychological concerns dimension in particular, predict the intensity of dry eye symptoms above and beyond depressive and anxiety symptoms. These findings add to a growing body of work underscoring the relevance of AS in increasing the risk of chronic medical conditions.
Journal title Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine