Habits of Contact Lens Wearers Toward Lens Care in Malaysia
- Author:
Madhavendra Bhandari
;
Hung Pei Rou
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Contact lens;
Questionnaire;
Aftercare;
Disinfecting solution;
Microbial keratitis
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2012;67(3):274-277
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The purpose to do this research was to find out the habits of contact lens wearers towards lens care in this country, and to evaluate the compliance of contact lens wearers.
Methods: All respondents underwent an interview regarding
questionnaire which was carried out at the Klang Valley and
Sabah, Malaysia by trained bilingual optometrists. The
questionnaire was obtained from a study by Yvonne Wu et
al., 2010. The questionnaire included information about
respondents' demographics, contact lens hygiene behaviors
and attitudes toward lens care. Comparison between groups
and certain factors of lens care were analyzed.
Results: Within the 100 respondents, 74% were female. The
majority used monthly disposable lens (53%, 53/100), 35%
(35/100) wore daily lens, 3% (3/100) wore biweekly
disposable lens, 8% (8/100) wore quarter-yearly (3 months)
lens, and only a participant (1%) used conventional lenses.
The major non-compliance aspect that found out from this
research were poor lens case (46%), inadequate cleaning of
lens before storing (38%) and wearers not remembering how
often they were advised to return for an aftercare (24%).
Conclusion: The poor lens care hygiene, inadequate cleaning
of lens before storing may due to lack of proper advice to the contact lens wearers during examination or lack of
awareness of aftercare visit.
