Dry Eye Disease in Palestine: A Comprehensive Analysis of Stress Levels, Age, and Associated Risk Factors
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2. Takefuji Y (2024). Eye diseases: a global concern across age, race, and environ-ment. Eye (Lond), 38(15), 2849-2850.
3. Mohamed Z, Alrasheed S, Abdu M, et al (2024). Dry Eye Disease Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among the Middle East Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cureus, 16(9): 16(9):e70522.
4. Shanti Y, Shehada R, Bakkar MM, Qaddumi J (2020). Prevalence and associated risk factors of dry eye disease in 16 northern West bank towns in Palestine: a cross-sectional study. BMC Ophthalmol, 20(1):26.
5. Allayed R, Ayed A, Fashafsheh I (2022). Prevalence and risk factors associated with symptomatic dry eye in nurses in Palestine during the COVID-19 pan-demic. SAGE Open Nurs, 8: 23779608221127948.
6. Ghach W, Bakkar MM, Aridi M, et al (2022). Prevalence and behavioral-based risk factors (eye cosmetic and tobacco use) of symptomatic dry eye disease in four Middle Eastern countries: Lebanon, Syr-ia, Jordan, and Palestine. Clin Ophthalmol, 16:3851-3860.
7. Aljarousha M, Badarudin NE, Che Azemin MZ, Aljeesh Y, Amer A, Abdul Rahim MA (2024). Prevalence and risk factors of dry eye disease in the South of Pales-tine. Malays J Med Sci, 31(2):72-97.
8. Baker M, Yousef MGA, Alqtami, HAY (2025). Revealing the Unspoken Crisis of Ocular Health in the Gaza Strip: A Call for Action. JAPA Acad J, 3(1): 75-76.
9. Aljarousha M, Alghamdi WM, Azemin MZC, Mahmud M (2025). Epidemiology of ocular surface symptoms and their association with stress levels among the Gazan population in crowded shelters during the 2023 Israel war. Cont Lens An-terior Eye, 48(4):102403.
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Aljarousha M, Isa MZA, Shaqoura EI. Dry Eye Disease in Palestine: A Comprehensive Analysis of Stress Levels, Age, and Associated Risk Factors. Iran J Public Health. 2026;55(1):175-176.
