Felipe Barbosa Galvão Azzem Ferraz

Felipe Barbosa Galvão Azzem Ferraz


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 November 2025 in Vision
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FFFelipe Barbosa Galvão Azzem Ferraz
Felipe Barbosa Galvão Azzem Ferraz
MMMateus Maia Marzola
Mateus Maia Marzola
MFMarina Zilio Fantucci
Marina Zilio Fantucci
AMAdriana de Andrade Batista Murashima
Adriana de Andrade Batista Murashima
BCBeatriz Carneiro Cintra
Beatriz Carneiro Cintra
Eduardo RochaEduardo Rocha
Eduardo Rocha
Ocular surface (OS) and dry eye (DE) symptoms are frequent ophthalmic complaints influenced by climate and pollution related with acute and chronic ocular surface symptoms. This study assessed their association with environmental conditions in São Paulo metropolitan area (2016–2020), including air temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, ozone (O3), particulate matter (PM), using IQVIA eye drop sales data and Google search trends. Sympathomimetic decongestant sales correlated with higher temperature (r = 0.434, p = 0.0021), UV radiation (r = 0.643, p < 0.0001), and ozone (r = 0.491, p = 0.0004). Artificial tears and lubricants correlated with ozone (r = 0.452, p = 0.0012) and with searches for “red eye” (r = 0.505, p = 0.0005) and “stye” (r = 0.599, p < 0.0001). To address multicollinearity, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied, with the first two components (PC1 and PC2) explaining 87.3% of variance. Regression models using these components were significant for decongestant sales and “stye” searches. Eye drop sales and search trends thus emerge as potential indicators of OS and DE symptoms, reflecting environmental conditions and informing prevention strategies.