Compliance in Contact Lens Care

Level of compliance in contact lens wearing medical doctors in Nepal

“…Chun and Weissman found that experience reduces compliant behavior [17], but in our study, no relation was found between compliance level and the number of years of lens wear. It is interesting that non-compliant subjects were wearing lenses for a longer time during the day.…”

Microbial Flora of Tears of Orthokeratology Patients, and Microbial Contamination of Contact Lenses and Contact Lens Accessories

“…Noncompliance has been a major problem associated with contact lens wear and microbial keratitis, and although this has been the subject of many studies in the last 25 years, 18,19,34,38 we appear to be no closer to solving the problem with noncompliance. Efron 38 commented that patient compliance is a complex issue, and is difficult to enhance and impossible to predict.…”

“…Reports of poor patient compliance in contact lens wear date back to the mid-1980s. 18,19 These workers reported that patients under the age of 30 years and over the age of 50 years were more likely to have poor compliance. Overnight orthokeratology involves both young adults and children, some as young as 4 years old.…”

Performance of Contact Lens Disinfecting Solutions Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa In the Presence of Organic Load

“…A study in the United States showed that compliance varied greatly with the length of time that the patients had been using contact lenses. 1 Patients who had only just started using contact lenses were 72% compliant, compared with 38% of experienced contact lens wearers, which suggests that patients lapse into bad habits after they have been using contact lenses for a while. Because the level of noncompliance is so high, it is especially important that contact lens disinfecting solutions are effective in the presence of organic soil.…”

“…It has been shown by Chun and Weissman that 40% of patients were noncompliant with the contact lens care system they were using. 1 It was also found that experienced contact lens wearers were much less compliant than new wearers, suggesting that patients become more relaxed about hygiene and proper lens cleaning after they have been using lenses for a while. Noncompliance with lens care procedures can lead to contamination of the lenses and solutions with micro-organisms.…”