Contact lens fitting and training in a child and youth population

Highlights • Children and youth with no previous contact lens experience were easily fitted with contact lenses and were able to care for their lenses. • The training times for all children in this study were not dependent on their age. • The majority of children in this study only required one trai...

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Published in:Contact lens & anterior eye 2015-12, Vol.38 (6), p.419-423
Main Authors: Paquette, Lindsay, Jones, Deborah A, Sears, Megan, Nandakumar, Krithika, Woods, Craig A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Children
Contact lens
Contact lens fitting
Contact Lens Solutions
Contact lens training
Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic
Disposable Equipment
Female
Humans
Male
Myopia
Myopia - psychology
Myopia - therapy
Ophthalmology
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Patient Satisfaction
Prosthesis Fitting - methods
Quality of Life - psychology
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Summary:Highlights • Children and youth with no previous contact lens experience were easily fitted with contact lenses and were able to care for their lenses. • The training times for all children in this study were not dependent on their age. • The majority of children in this study only required one training visit. • The results of this study suggest children can be successfully taught how to successfully insertion and remove contact lenses. • This study demonstrated that on average children took 30 min to be taught handling, insertion, removal and care for contact lenses.
ISSN:1367-0484
1476-5411
DOI:10.1016/j.clae.2015.05.002