Survey of contact lens prescribing to infants, children, and teenagers

Nathan Efron; Philip B. Morgan; Craig A. Woods

doi:10.1097/OPX.0b013e31820efa0f

Survey of contact lens prescribing to infants, children, and teenagers

Nathan Efron, Philip B. Morgan, Craig A. Woods

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Purpose. To determine the types of contact lenses prescribed for infants (aged 0 to 5 years), children (6 to 12 years), and teenagers (13 to 17 years) around the world. Methods. Up to 1000 survey forms were sent to contact lens fitters in each of 38 countries between January and March every year for 5 consecutive years (2005 to 2009). Practitioners were asked to record data relating to the first 10 contact lens fits or refits performed after receiving the survey form. Results. Data were received relating to 105,734 fits [137 infants, 1,672 children, 12,117 teenagers, and 91,808 adults (age ≥18 years)]. The proportion of minors (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	461-468
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optometry and Vision Science
Volume	88
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0b013e31820efa0f
Publication status	Published - Apr 2011

Keywords

adults
children
Contact lenses
fitting
infants
survey
teenagers

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Survey of contact lens prescribing to infants, children, and teenagers

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