Wearing Pattern and Awareness About Contact Lens Wear in Secondary School Students in Kuala Lumpur
Bariah Mohd-Ali, NorAisyah Azmi Optometry and Vision Science Program and Research Centre for Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCorrespondence: Bariah Mohd-AliOptometry and Vision Science Program and Research Centre for Community Healt...
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| description | Bariah Mohd-Ali, NorAisyah Azmi Optometry and Vision Science Program and Research Centre for Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCorrespondence: Bariah Mohd-AliOptometry and Vision Science Program and Research Centre for Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, MalaysiaTel +60392897602Email bariah@ukm.edu.myPurpose: To investigate the wearing pattern and awareness about contact lens care among secondary school students in Kuala Lumpur.Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using self-administered validated questionnaires. A total of 2500 questionnaires were distributed to secondary school students (aged 13 to 18 years) from 5 selected schools in Kuala Lumpur. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results.Results: A total of 987 completed questionnaires were returned and analyzed. The response rate was 39.5%. Mean age of respondents was 15.5± 2.5 years with 54.6% females. Around 9.9% of the respondents were contact lens wearers with female majority (78.6%) and the main reasons for wearing contact lenses were cosmesis (42.8%) and comfort (32.7%). Majority (92.2%) were soft contact lens wearers and daily wear (monthly disposable) is the preferred modality. Nevertheless, 42.4% purchased their lenses from unlicensed vendors and 18.4% rinsed their lenses using tap water. Regarding contact lens care, more than 50% of the respondents were not aware about the correct way of handling contact lenses.Conclusion: Soft contact lens wear is popular among the secondary school students in Kuala Lumpur but the level of practice and knowledge about CL care are unsatisfactory. Thus, health communication strategies and aggressive public ocular health education that can influence behavior changes in teenagers are needed to overcome these issues.Keywords: teenagers, contact lens, public health |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b163a09700a421e8a0c4d3a7d74f1cc2022-12-21T22:45:49ZengDove Medical PressClinical Optometry1179-27522021-05-01Volume 1315516064971Wearing Pattern and Awareness About Contact Lens Wear in Secondary School Students in Kuala LumpurMohd-Ali BAzmi NBariah Mohd-Ali, NorAisyah Azmi Optometry and Vision Science Program and Research Centre for Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCorrespondence: Bariah Mohd-AliOptometry and Vision Science Program and Research Centre for Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, MalaysiaTel +60392897602Email bariah@ukm.edu.myPurpose: To investigate the wearing pattern and awareness about contact lens care among secondary school students in Kuala Lumpur.Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using self-administered validated questionnaires. A total of 2500 questionnaires were distributed to secondary school students (aged 13 to 18 years) from 5 selected schools in Kuala Lumpur. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results.Results: A total of 987 completed questionnaires were returned and analyzed. The response rate was 39.5%. Mean age of respondents was 15.5± 2.5 years with 54.6% females. Around 9.9% of the respondents were contact lens wearers with female majority (78.6%) and the main reasons for wearing contact lenses were cosmesis (42.8%) and comfort (32.7%). Majority (92.2%) were soft contact lens wearers and daily wear (monthly disposable) is the preferred modality. Nevertheless, 42.4% purchased their lenses from unlicensed vendors and 18.4% rinsed their lenses using tap water. Regarding contact lens care, more than 50% of the respondents were not aware about the correct way of handling contact lenses.Conclusion: Soft contact lens wear is popular among the secondary school students in Kuala Lumpur but the level of practice and knowledge about CL care are unsatisfactory. Thus, health communication strategies and aggressive public ocular health education that can influence behavior changes in teenagers are needed to overcome these issues.Keywords: teenagers, contact lens, public healthhttps://www.dovepress.com/wearing-pattern-and-awareness-about-contact-lens-wear-in-secondary-sch-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-OPTOteenagerscontact lenspublic health |
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| title | Wearing Pattern and Awareness About Contact Lens Wear in Secondary School Students in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_full | Wearing Pattern and Awareness About Contact Lens Wear in Secondary School Students in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_fullStr | Wearing Pattern and Awareness About Contact Lens Wear in Secondary School Students in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wearing Pattern and Awareness About Contact Lens Wear in Secondary School Students in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_short | Wearing Pattern and Awareness About Contact Lens Wear in Secondary School Students in Kuala Lumpur |
| title_sort | wearing pattern and awareness about contact lens wear in secondary school students in kuala lumpur |
| topic | teenagers contact lens public health |
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