Opportunities and threats to contact lens practice: A global survey perspective

Thite N 1 , Desiato A 2 , Shinde L 3 , Wolffsohn JS 2 , Naroo SA 2 , Santodomingo-Rubido J 4 Show all authors , Cho P 5 , Jones D 6 , Villa-Collar C 7 , Carrillo G 1 , Chan O 8 , Wang H 9 , Iomdina E 10 , Tarutta E 10 , Proskurina O 10 , Fan CS 11 , Zeri F 12 , Bakkar MM 13 , Barodawala F 14 , Dabral N 15 , Lafosse E 16 , Lee C 1 , Nichols J 17 , Chan J 18 , Park K 1 , Nair V 19 , van der Worp E 20 , Vankudre G 21 , Maseedupalli V 22 , Bhattarai Y 23 , Nagzarkar D 24 , Brauer P 25 , Gil-Cazorla R 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 International Association of Contact Lens Educators, Canada
  • 2 Optometry and Vision Science, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
  • 3 International Association of Contact Lens Educators, Canada. Electronic address: lak.shinde@gmail.com
  • 4 Optometry and Vision Science, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK; Global R&D, Menicon Co Ltd, Nagoya, Japan
  • 5 School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • 6 School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • 7 Faculty of Biomedicine and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain
  • 8 Bausch + Lomb, Asia Pacific
  • 9 Tianjin Vocational Institute, School of Optometry, China
  • 10 Helmholtz National Medical Research Center of Eye Diseases, Russia
  • 11 Helmholtz National Medical Research Center of Eye Diseases, Russia; CooperVision, Asia Pacific
  • 12 Department of Materials Science & Research Centre in Optics and Optometry (COMiB), University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
  • 13 Jordan University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan
  • 14 Faculty of Optometry and Vision Sciences, SEGi University, Malaysia
  • 15 Aster DM Healthcare, UAE
  • 16 Optometric Research Group, Department of Optics, Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Valencia, Spain
  • 17 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
  • 18 Singapore Optometric Association, Singapore
  • 19 Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
  • 20 Eye-Contact-Lens Research & Education Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 21 University of Buraimi, Oman
  • 22 School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • 23 Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • 24 Jambo Eye Care, Nairobi, Kenya
  • 25 Saks Taylor and Brauer, Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa
Cont Lens Anterior Eye, 2021 12;44(6):101496.
PMID: 34426063 DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2021.101496

Abstract

AIM: To understand the views of contact lens (CL) practitioners across the globe regarding what they perceive as opportunities and threats in CL practice.

METHODS: A self-administered anonymised questionnaire, constructed in English and translated in six more languages, was distributed through reputed international professional bodies and academic institutions worldwide. The questionnaire included items on demographic characteristics, type of practice, and questions designed to explore practitioners' perspective on the future of their CL practice over the next five years.

RESULTS: A total of 2408 valid responses were analysed. Multifocal CLs for presbyopia, CLs for myopia control, use of daily disposable (DD) CLs for occasional wear, and biocompatible materials to improve comfort were identified as promising areas of opportunities by practitioners (all 8/10). Respondents from North America, and Europe valued DDCLs for occasional wear moderately more favourable (Median: 9/10 for all) as compared to colleagues in Asia (Median: 8/10, p 

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