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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

285 questions · 301 findings · 29 reviews

No studies found 51 · 16.9%GRADE not reported 20 · 6.6%Very low 91 · 30.2%Low 80 · 26.6%Moderate 50 · 16.6%High 9 · 3%

Steroids vs lubricants

Change in patient‐reported symptom scores (lower is favored) · people with dry eye

Steroids showed no clear difference in change in patient‐reported symptom scores (lower is favored) compared with lubricants (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Steroids vs cyclosporine A

Change in TBUT (seconds) (longer is favored) · people with dry eye

Steroids showed no clear difference in change in TBUT (seconds) (longer is favored) compared with cyclosporine A (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Steroids vs cyclosporine A

Change in fluorescein corneal staining scores (lower is favored) · people with dry eye

Steroids showed no clear difference in change in fluorescein corneal staining scores (lower is favored) compared with cyclosporine A (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Steroids vs cyclosporine A

Change in tear osmolarity (mOsm/kg) (lower is favored) · people with dry eye

It is very uncertain whether steroids changes change in tear osmolarity (mOsm/kg) (lower is favored) compared with cyclosporine A (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Steroids vs cyclosporine A

Adverse effect: incident elevated IOP ( · people with dry eye

It is very uncertain whether steroids changes adverse effect: incident elevated IOP ( compared with cyclosporine A (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Steroids vs lubricants

Change in patient‐reported quality of life scores · people with dry eye

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Steroids vs lubricants

Change in TBUT (seconds) (longer is favored) · people with dry eye

Steroids may leads to higher change in TBUT (seconds) (longer is favored) compared with lubricants (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Steroids vs lubricants

Change in fluorescein corneal staining scores (lower is favored) · people with dry eye

Steroids showed no clear difference in change in fluorescein corneal staining scores (lower is favored) compared with lubricants (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review