Uncontrolled Selling of Contact Lenses
Objectives: To evaluate the opticians’ perspective about selling and applying contact lenses (CL) in the provincial centre of Mersin. Materials and Methods: Twenty opticians who work in the 4 main districts in the provincial centre of Mersin were included in the study. A questionnaire form which w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Galenos Yayinevi
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_8966/Uncontrolled-Selling-Of-Contact-Lenses |
| Summary: | Objectives: To evaluate the opticians’ perspective about selling and applying contact lenses (CL) in the provincial centre of Mersin.
Materials and Methods: Twenty opticians who work in the 4 main districts in the provincial centre of Mersin were included in the
study. A questionnaire form which was prepared before was filled out by the participants.
Results: Seventy-eight percent of the opticians were selling CL without prescription, whereas 25% also carried out its fitting. Seventyfive
percent of the participants did not get any education about contact lenses, while 65% of them were feeling themselves disqualified
about CLs. Furthermore, half of the participants did not have enough knowledge about the complications associated with CL usage and
75% of them wanted to receive information about CLs.
Conclusion: As a result of the questionnaire, we found out that a significant part of the participants were both selling and fitting
contact lenses without prescription. We believe that auditing the opticians is as important as educating the contact lens users. (Turk J
Ophthalmol 2015; 45: 102-104 |
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| ISSN: | 1300-0659 2147-2661 |