Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 50-51, February 2008

Demographics of UK contact lens prescribing

  • Philip B. Morgan

      Affiliations

    • Eurolens Research, The University of Manchester, Moffat Building, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Nathan Efron

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, and School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Cnr Musk Avenue & Blamey Street, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3138 6401; fax: +61 7 3319 6974.

published online 15 January 2008.

Abstract 

To assess the demographics of UK contact lens prescribing, data gathered from annual contact lens fitting surveys conducted over the past 12 years were mined for clinically useful information. Significant gender differences in age, lens design, wearing modality and wearing frequency are putatively explained in terms of cosmetic and lifestyle factors.

Keywords: Contact lens, Demographics, Gender, Age, Prescribing, Fitting, Survey

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PII: S1367-0484(07)00132-4

doi:10.1016/j.clae.2007.11.005

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 50-51, February 2008

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