Survey to Determine Perceptions and Practices in Contact Lens Use and Identify Key Features of Safe Use Education
Objectives:To identify consumers’ tendencies regarding contact lens (CL) use in order to develop recommendations for messages to include in education for safe CL use and in public awareness campaigns.Materials and Methods:Subjects living in Ankara, Turkey who used eyeglasses and/or contact lenses du...
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| description | Objectives:To identify consumers’ tendencies regarding contact lens (CL) use in order to develop recommendations for messages to include in education for safe CL use and in public awareness campaigns.Materials and Methods:Subjects living in Ankara, Turkey who used eyeglasses and/or contact lenses due to refractive error were included in the study. CL users’ reasons for choosing CLs for vision correction, CL-related problems they encountered, and their perceptions regarding safe CL use education and regular ophthalmologic follow-up visits were evaluated using a survey completed by 917 participants.Results:In total, 836 survey forms were included in the analysis. Most of the participants were female (59.6%), university students (91.4%), and 18-30 years old (68.9%). According to the survey results, 64.6% of eyeglass users stated that they had never tried CLs, while 17.7% reported using CLs regularly. Most of the participants (61.7%) said they visit an ophthalmologist only when they needed, while 33.1% claimed to attend regular follow-up. When all participants were considered, the level of satisfaction with glasses was 3.11 out of 5, while CL users reported satisfaction of 4.15 out of 5. Most (78.6%) of the CL users said they started using CL by their own initiative, most commonly due to a dislike of eyeglasses. The most frequent complaint from CL users was dry eye and discomfort in the evening. The most common source of CL use education was ophthalmologists (55.5% of the participants), followed by opticians (28.2%).Conclusion:Incorrect and inappropriate information on CL usage may lead to problems that can threaten eye health. The results of our study suggest that providing accurate information through concise messages in physician-supervised education and raising awareness through the media may be beneficial to public health. Therefore, we identified messages about CL usage and quality of life, safety, and the rules for proper use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35e8dd8f964c4b34aeff225943c039a02023-02-15T16:08:01ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Oftalmoloji Dergisi1300-06592147-26612018-12-0148628829410.4274/tjo.6046513049054Survey to Determine Perceptions and Practices in Contact Lens Use and Identify Key Features of Safe Use EducationTomris Şengör0Sanem Alkibay1Ayşegül Ermeç Sertoğlu2Sevda Aydın Kurna3 Serbest Hekim, İstanbul, Türkiye Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası Ticaret Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası Ticaret Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye Fatih Sultan Mehmet Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye Objectives:To identify consumers’ tendencies regarding contact lens (CL) use in order to develop recommendations for messages to include in education for safe CL use and in public awareness campaigns.Materials and Methods:Subjects living in Ankara, Turkey who used eyeglasses and/or contact lenses due to refractive error were included in the study. CL users’ reasons for choosing CLs for vision correction, CL-related problems they encountered, and their perceptions regarding safe CL use education and regular ophthalmologic follow-up visits were evaluated using a survey completed by 917 participants.Results:In total, 836 survey forms were included in the analysis. Most of the participants were female (59.6%), university students (91.4%), and 18-30 years old (68.9%). According to the survey results, 64.6% of eyeglass users stated that they had never tried CLs, while 17.7% reported using CLs regularly. Most of the participants (61.7%) said they visit an ophthalmologist only when they needed, while 33.1% claimed to attend regular follow-up. When all participants were considered, the level of satisfaction with glasses was 3.11 out of 5, while CL users reported satisfaction of 4.15 out of 5. Most (78.6%) of the CL users said they started using CL by their own initiative, most commonly due to a dislike of eyeglasses. The most frequent complaint from CL users was dry eye and discomfort in the evening. The most common source of CL use education was ophthalmologists (55.5% of the participants), followed by opticians (28.2%).Conclusion:Incorrect and inappropriate information on CL usage may lead to problems that can threaten eye health. The results of our study suggest that providing accurate information through concise messages in physician-supervised education and raising awareness through the media may be beneficial to public health. Therefore, we identified messages about CL usage and quality of life, safety, and the rules for proper use. http://www.oftalmoloji.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/survey-to-determine-perceptions-and-practices-in-c/21059 Contact lens consumer trendseducationmessage contentspublic health |
| spellingShingle | Tomris Şengör Sanem Alkibay Ayşegül Ermeç Sertoğlu Sevda Aydın Kurna Survey to Determine Perceptions and Practices in Contact Lens Use and Identify Key Features of Safe Use Education Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi Contact lens consumer trends education message contents public health |
| title | Survey to Determine Perceptions and Practices in Contact Lens Use and Identify Key Features of Safe Use Education |
| title_full | Survey to Determine Perceptions and Practices in Contact Lens Use and Identify Key Features of Safe Use Education |
| title_fullStr | Survey to Determine Perceptions and Practices in Contact Lens Use and Identify Key Features of Safe Use Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Survey to Determine Perceptions and Practices in Contact Lens Use and Identify Key Features of Safe Use Education |
| title_short | Survey to Determine Perceptions and Practices in Contact Lens Use and Identify Key Features of Safe Use Education |
| title_sort | survey to determine perceptions and practices in contact lens use and identify key features of safe use education |
| topic | Contact lens consumer trends education message contents public health |
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