How Can We Better Inform Patients of the Importance of Contact Lens Compliance?: Current Perspectives

JS Fogt, M Roth, HP Gardner - Clinical Optometry, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Compliance with contact lens care is important for successful contact lens wear and for
minimizing the risk of complications related to lens wear. There are many components of …

Determining the information needs of contact lens wearers for better education and more support: a qualitative study

F Falahati-Marvast, F Alipour, J Farokhzadian… - BMC …, 2021 - Springer
Background Designing educational interventions tailored to the needs of Contact Lens
Wearers (CLWs) are important and necessary. The present study aimed to determine the …

Demographic profiles of contact lens wearers and their association with lens wear characteristics in Trinidad and Tobago: A retrospective study

NE Ezinne, D Bhattarai, KK Ekemiri, GN Harbajan… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Purpose C ontact lenses (CL) remain a popular mode of refractive error correction globally
and in the Caribbean, mostly among young people. However, no data on the characteristics …

Contact lens procurement and usage habits among adults in Sudan

Y Gammoh, M Abdu - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Objective The study aimed to assess contact lens (CL) wear and care habits among adults in
Sudan. Design An observational, non-interventional, multi-center, cross-sectional study was …

Physical properties of soft contact lens multipurpose solutions commercially available in Ghana

A Ilechie, NA Addo, E Aidoo, A Armah, F Faheem… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Purpose To investigate the physical properties of commercially available multipurpose soft
contact lens solutions in Ghana. Methods pH (Kelilong ICL-099 pH meter, China), osmolality …

Care practices of contact lens solutions and microbial contamination among wearers in Ghana

KG Owusu, R Asiamah, KK Asare, E Birikorang… - Contact Lens and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose This study sought to assess contact lens solutions care practices, and their
microbial contamination among contact lens wearers in Ghana and to profile their antibiotic …

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Towards Hand Hygiene of Optometry Students Pre-and Peri-COVID-19 at a Tertiary Institution in Johannesburg, South Africa

SM Richter, TG Barnard - Clinical Optometry, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Limited research has been completed relating to the knowledge, attitudes and
practices (KAP) towards hand hygiene in optometry. The necessity of identifying possible …

Knowledge, attitude, perception and education on contact lenses for refractive errors in Kenya

CG Timothy, DW van Staden… - African Vision and Eye …, 2023 - scielo.org.za
TIMOTHY, Chikasirimobi G. et al. Knowledge, attitude, perception and education on contact
lenses for refractive errors in Kenya. AVEH [online]. 2023, vol. 82, n. 1, pp. 1-8. ISSN 2410 …

Contact lens complications among wearers in Ghana

E Kobia-Acquah, PK Akowuah, EK Antwi-Adjei… - Contact Lens and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Contact lens (CL) practice is relatively new in Ghana; a country where the
geographical location (warm climate) lends itself to harsh environmental conditions (high …

Contact lens complications among wearers in Ghana

E Kobia-Acquah, PM Forkuo… - Contact Lens and …, 2019 - contactlensjournal.com
Purpose: Contact lens (CL) practice is relatively new in Ghana; a country where the
geographical location (warm climate) lends itself to harsh environmental conditions (high …