Complications and compliance in professionally-managed and self-managed contact lenses compared with non-contact lens wearers.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To test the impact of professional management of soft contact lens wear on symptoms and ocular complications.

Methods

Subjective symptoms and ocular complications of soft CL users who did not seek professional follow-up care (self-managed, SM), were compared to users who were prescribed CLs and their care professionally managed in optometry practices (PM), and to a control group of non-CL wearers. Habitual visual acuity, subjective dry-eye symptoms, and corneal abnormalities were assessed in all participants. CL wearers filled-out a usage habits questionnaire, and their CL fit was assessed. Outcomes were compared using Kruskal-Wallis and Chi Squared tests.

Results

The SM, PM, and non-CL wearers cohorts included 127 (mean age:24.3±5.1, median:23, range:16-45 ye

SUBMITTER: Gantz L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11379192 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature