Trends in US Contact Lens Prescribing 2002 to 2014

Efron, Nathan; Nichols, Jason J.; Woods, Craig A.; Morgan, Philip B.

doi:10.1097/opx.0000000000000623

Cited by 79 publications

(51 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This finding is in accordance to data from around the world, with a similar percentage (∼65%) of female wearers reported in Australia, Canada, United States and Europe [4,5,7]. In this work, the tendency of females to wear contact lenses is typical of the Middle East region.…”

Section: Demographic Datasupporting

confidence: 81%

“…Similar findings were reported from international surveys in Australia [4] and the US [5], where MPS was the most prescribed lens care system and 1-step hydrogen peroxide system was the least popular. Reasons for choosing or prescribing MPSs over H 2 O 2 systems could be the ease of use, high efficacy and affordability in comparison to H 2 O 2 systems, where high compliance is required and risk of corneal toxicity from partially neutralized H2O2 exists [16,17].…”

Section: Contact Lens Care Regimensupporting

confidence: 76%

“…The data obtained from Jordan is relatively similar to data obtained from Australia [4], but cannot be compared to US trend [5] due to predominance of bi-weekly replacement lenses which are advocated by the practitioners and industry in the US. Efron et al [15] found a positive correlation between the number of daily disposable lens fits and gross domestic products of the country, and this analysis may be applied to Jordan.…”

Section: Lens Wear Modalitysupporting

confidence: 54%

“…In our sample, around one third of the population used silicone hydrogel lenses in comparison to 60.3% wearing conventional hydrogel lenses. This finding does not follow the general global trend, where silicone hydrogel lenses have become more popular than conventional hydrogels in the United States and elsewhere [5]. This may be explained by the reduced amount of information available to optometrists through verbal or published reports about the benefits of silicone hydrogel lenses compared to hydrogels of varying water contents.…”

Section: Contact Lens Data 421 Lens Type: Soft Versus Rigid Lensesmentioning

confidence: 49%

“…For the last 20 years, an ongoing evaluation of contact lens prescribing trends around the world has been conducted by several groups of researchers and eye care practitioners [1][2][3][4][5]. The Jordanian contact lens market was included in the 2008 iteration of this international survey [6].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Trends of contact lens prescribing in Jordan

Haddad

Bakkar

Gammoh

et al. 2016

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

⁎ Corresponding author. Abstract PurposeTo evaluate contact lens prescribing trends among optometrists in Jordan. MethodsOptometrists from 173 practices in Jordan were surveyed about prescribing contact lenses in their practice. Practitioners were required to record information for the last 10 patients that visited their practice. Demographic data such as age and gender was obtained for each patient. In addition, data relating to lens type, lens design, replacement methods and the care regime advised to each patient were recorded. Practitioners were required to provide information relating to their education and years of experience. The influence of education and experience with respect to lens prescribing trends was explored using linear regression models for the proportions of lens types fitted for patients. ResultsA total of 1730 contact lens fits were analyzed. The mean (±SD) age of lens wearers was 26.6 (±7.9) years, of whom 65% were female. Conventional hydrogel lenses were the most prescribed lenses, accounting for 60.3% of the fits, followed by silicone hydrogel lenses (31.3%), and rigid lenses (8.4%). In terms of lens design, spherical lenses appeared to be most commonly prescribed on monthly basis.Daily disposable lenses were second most prescribed lens modality, accounting for 20.4% of the study sample. Multi-purpose solution (MPS) was the preferred care regimen, with a prevalence of 88.1% reported in the study sample, compared to hydrogen peroxide (1-step and 2-step), which represented only 2.8% of the patients in this study. A relationship was established between the two educational groups for rigid lens prescribing (F = 17.4, p < 0.0001), while the experience of the optometrist was not a significant factor (F = 0.4, p = 0.54). ConclusionThis work has provides an up-to-date analysis of contact lens prescribing trends among optometrists in Jordan. Contact lens prescribing in terms of lens type, lens design, modality of wear and care regimen agree with global market trends with small variations. This report will help practitioners and the industry to detect any deficiencies in the contact lens market in Jordan, which will ease implementing current and future plans in developing contact lens practice and patient eye care in the region.

show abstract

Section: Demographic Datasupporting

confidence: 81%