TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of contact lenses on the ocular surface

L Jones, N Efron, K Bandamwar, M Barnett, DS Jacobs… - The ocular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Several lifestyle choices made by contact lens wearers can have adverse consequences on
ocular health. These include being non-adherent to contact lens care, sleeping in lenses, ill …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of an online educational video intervention to improve the knowledge and behavior of contact lens care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pre …

J Juhong, A Mordmuang, J Jewboonchu, L Udomwech - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Objective To assess the effectiveness of an online educational video in improving contact
lens (CL) care knowledge and behavior. Methods Participants completed a 47-item …

Knowledge, practices and use of contact lenses among university students in Turkey

H Zengin, SY Çaka, EE Özdede, İT Tatar, N Çınar - Malawi Medical Journal, 2021 - ajol.info
Aim This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of contact lens (CL) use among
university students, their awareness on CL, and CL users' practices for the cleaning and …

Microbial keratitis: Causative organisms, susceptibilities and trends at a tertiary eye hospital in South Africa

CD Anderson, N Rees, K Koetsie, A Rose… - African Vision and Eye …, 2022 - journals.co.za
Background Microbial keratitis is a sight-threatening disease. Empiric management is based
on current regional microbial sensitivity patterns. Aim This study aimed to describe the …

Attitude and behaviour of soft contact lens wearers toward compliance in Gauteng, South Africa

TB Noach, TI Metsing, D Booysen - African Vision and Eye Health, 2023 - journals.co.za
Background There are ongoing concerns regarding adherence to contact lens (CL) care
regimens by wearers. Global studies evaluating behavioural trends have shown that full …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial contamination in contact lens training area in private optical clinics

SB Baig, K Manokaran, N Theruveethi… - Journal of Ophthalmic …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Contamination in the contact lens training area could be due to bacteria, which
can lead to the major consequence of ocular infections. We aimed to investigate the …