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Development of an In Vitro Ocular Platform to Test Contact Lenses
Published on: April 6, 2016
Differences in Practitioner Experience, Practice Type, and Profession in Attitudes Toward Growing Contact Lens
Nilesh Thite1, Alfredo Desiato, Lakshmi Shinde
1International Association of Contact Lens Educators (N.T., L.S., G.C., C.L., K.P.); Optometry and Vision Science (A.D., J.S.W., S.A.N., R.G.-C.), College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Global R&D (J.S.R.), Menicon Co Ltd, Nagoya, Japan; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (P.C.), Hong Kong; School of Optometry and Vision Science (D.J.), University of Waterloo, Canada; Faculty of Biomedicine and Health Sciences (C.V.-C.), Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain; Bausch + Lomb (O.C.), Hong Kong, Asia Pacific; School of Optometry (H.W.), Tianjin Vocational Institute, China; Helmholtz National Medical Research Center of Eye Diseases (E.L., E.T., O.P.), Russia; CooperVision (C.S.F.), Hong Kong, Asia Pacific; University of Milano-Bicocca (F.Z.), Milan, Italy; Jordon University of Science and Technology (M.M.B.), Irbid, Jordon; SEGi University (F.B.), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; Rivoli Eyezone (N.D.), Dubai, UAE; Essilor Luxottica, Instrument Division, Creteil, France (E.L.), Department of Optics, Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; University of Alabama (J.N.), Birmingham, AL; Singapore Optometric Association (J.C.), Singapore; Department of Optometry (V.N.), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia; Eye-Contact-Lens Research & Education (E.v.d.W.), Amsterdam, Netherlands; University of Buraimi (G.V.), Oman; School of Optometry and Vision Science (V.M.), University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia; Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (Y.B.), Kathmandu, Nepal; Jambo Eye Care (D.N.), Nairobi, Kenya; and Saks Taylor and Brauer (P.B.), Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa.
Objective:
To investigate eye care practitioners' attitudes and perceptions toward potential interventions that can enhance contact lens (CL) practice across the world, and how this is influenced by their practice setting.
Methods:
A self-administered, anonymized survey was constructed in English and then forward and backward translated into six more languages. The survey was distributed online via social media platforms and mailing lists involving reputed international professional bodies.
Results:
In total, 2,222 responses from 27 countries with sufficient responses were analyzed (53% females, median age- 37 years). Most of the respondents were optometrists (81.9%) and 47.6% were from stand-alone/independent practices. Median working experience in CL prescribing was 11.0 years (IQR: 18.0, 4-22 years). Over two-third of them declared themselves to be very hopeful (22.9%) or hopeful (45.1%) about the future of their CL practice. Among the potential interventions proposed, continuous update of knowledge and skills and competently managing CL-related complications were rated the most important (median score: 9/10 for each). Practitioners working in national/regional retail chains expressed higher proactivity in recommending CLs (9/10) than those in local chains, hospitals, and universities (for all 8/10, P <0.05). National differences were also identified in eye care practitioner attitudes and perceptions ( P <0.05).
Conclusions:
The study provided important information to delineate a variety of elements characterizing CL practice across the world. These insights can serve as a basis to design strategies at national and international levels.
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