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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.2.373

Survey on Contact Lens Wear Status in Gyeonggido  

Song, Yun-Young (Dept. of Ophthalmic Optics, Cheju Tourism College)
Oh, Hyun-Jin (Dept. of Ophthalmic Optics, Baek Seok Culture University)
Jung, Mi-A (Dept. of Visual Optics, Baekseok University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.2, 2014 , pp. 373-378 More about this Journal
Abstract
To investigate the wear status of contact lenses by analyzing care of contact lenses container and actual condition of people wearing contact lenses and in Gyeonggido. The results were based on a questionnaire survey of 200 people who are the students of the middle school, the high school and the college among the clients of opticians to purchase contact lenses for six months from January 2013 to July 2013. According to the poll, the highest number of those polled, 139 (55.16%) people, said they were wearing cosmetic color contact lenses. Female respondents and male respondents were in the proportion of 177 (88.5%) to 23 (11.5%), respectively. 37 people (18.5%) who responded said "yes" to the question of them sharing contact lenses and glasses. 103 people (51.5%) answered "no" to the question of regularly replacing their lens containers. 148 people (74%) answered "yes" to the question of having glasses in order to investigate contact lens wearers user rate of glasses. The highest number of respondents, 127 people (63.5%), said "middle school" was the first time that they wore contacts. Meanwhile, 65 people (43.92%) said they initiated wearing glasses at 4th-6th grades. It is considered that it is necessary using proper contact lenses suitable for the clients' eye health in order of vision correction, rather than for cosmetic purposes. The role of the optician is considered to be very important for the proper management of the appropriate contact lens hygiene and regular optical check-ups of the contact lens wearers.
Keywords
Contact Lens; Care; Contact Lenses container; User rate of glasses; Optician;
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