Investigation of soft contact lens related knowledge and wearing behaviors / 现代临床护理

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the soft contact lens related knowledge and wearing behaviors.Method Two hundred outpatients in the ophthalmologic clinic wearing SCL involved in the survey by the questionnaire to investigate the SCL-related knowledge and the wearing behaviors.Results In the 200 SCL wearer,73.50% did not make any examinations by specialists and only 18.00% of them took regular examinations.The wearers were good at the knowledge of selecting SCL diopter and positive and negative lens.The wearers with a history of less than 6 months were better than those wearing SCL more than 6 months in respect of hand cleaning,lens check,lens wearing, and lens cleaning.The wears with the education of two-year vocational training were significantly better than those with the education of three-year or more collegiate training in respect of wearing duration,sleep with lens,hand cleaning and lens cleaning(all P<0.05).Conclusion Contact lens wearers know less about SCL related knowledge and their wearing behaviors needs improvement.