Are eye-care practitioners fitting scleral contact lenses?

Woods CA 1 , Efron N 2 , Morgan P 3 , International Contact Lens Prescribing Survey Consortium

Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Medicine (Optometry), Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia
  • 2 Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
  • 3 Eurolens Research, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Clin Exp Optom, 2020 07;103(4):449-453.
PMID: 32519339 DOI: 10.1111/cxo.13105

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To determine the extent of scleral lens fitting worldwide and to characterise the associated patient demographics.

METHODS: Survey forms were sent to contact lens fitters around the world, every year for 20 consecutive years (2000 to 2019). Practitioners were asked to record data relating to the first 10 contact lens fits or refits performed after receiving the survey. Data were analysed for those countries reporting ≥ 1,000 contact lens fits during this period.

RESULTS: A total of 369,209 contact lens fits were recorded from 40 eligible countries, comprising 2,309 scleral lens fits and 366,900 other (non-scleral) lens fits. Overall scleral lenses represented 0.76 per cent of all contact lens fits with significant differences between countries (p 

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