Factors That Influence the Success of Contact Lens Fitting in Presbyopes: A Multicentric Survey

Fabrizio Zeri, Manuele Di Censi, Stefano Livi, Antonio Ercoli, Shehzad A. Naroo

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the key factors behind successful and unsuccessful wear of contact lenses (CLs) for patients with presbyopia. METHOD: A multicenter survey was conducted using a questionnaire, in eight CL centers, among two groups of presbyopes: successful wearers (SWs), who were presbyopic and wearing CLs successfully, and unsuccessful wearers (UWs), who tried unsuccessfully to wear CLs to manage their presbyopia and had stopped wearing CLs. RESULTS: A total of 237 completed questionnaires were returned; 178 from SWs and 59 from UWs. Successful wearers used CLs 5.8±1.5 days a week and additional reading spectacles were never used by half of the SWs. Among SWs, the most important reason to continue wearing CLs was convenience (61%), whereas among UWs, the most important reason to discontinue wearing CLs was poor vision (80%). A logistic regression analysis showed that the absence of astigmatism (P<0.05), a higher subjective satisfaction (P<0.05), a better subjective perceived vision at distance (P<0.01), and a lower subjective loss of visual contrast (P<0.05) were able to predict the success of CL use for presbyopia. CONCLUSIONS: This study explores the predictors for determining successful or unsuccessful CL wear in presbyopes. Among ophthalmic, demographic, lifestyle, and subjective variables, the latter seems to be of greater importance in determining the success of CL wear. Therefore, it is necessary that subjective variables are taken into account by the CL practitioner when approaching presbyopic CL fitting in practice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)382-389
Number of pages8
JournalEye and Contact Lens
Volume45
Issue number6
Early online date15 Apr 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2019

Bibliographical note

This is not the final published version. This is the author's accepted manuscript of the following article: Factors That Influence the Success of Contact Lens Fitting in Presbyopes: A Multicentric Survey. Zeri, Fabrizio, Ph.D.; Di Censi, Manuele, B.Sc.; Livi, Stefano, Ph.D.; Ercoli, Antonio, B.Sc.; Naroo, Shehzad A., Ph.D. Eye & Contact Lens. doi: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000606

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