Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 167-169, June 2008

Patterns of prescribing extended wear contact lenses

  • 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, 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 18 April 2008.

Abstract 

Patterns of prescribing extended wear contact lenses in the UK were determined by mining through data gathered from annual contact lens fitting surveys conducted over the past 12 years. The increased rate of extended wear prescribing this century – which in 2007 had reached 7% and 19% of all soft lens new fits and refits, respectively – probably reflects the superior clinical performance of silicone hydrogel lenses for this purpose.

Keywords: Contact lens, Extended wear, Silicone hydrogel lenses, Gender, Age, Prescribing, Fitting, Survey

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PII: S1367-0484(08)00034-9

doi:10.1016/j.clae.2008.03.006

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 167-169, June 2008

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