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The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman

The cross-sectional study was conducted to find a pattern of contact lens usage among university community and problems related to its use. Two hundred and fifty-two participants among the university community in UiTM Puncak Alam that fulfil inclusion criteria were given a set of questionnaire cons...

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Main Authors: Zairolanuar, Nadia Emylia, Norazman, Fatin Nur Najwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019
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Refraction and errors of refraction and accommodation
Eyeglasses. Lenses
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54726/1/54726.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.547262021-12-15T04:16:26Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54726/ The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman Zairolanuar, Nadia Emylia Norazman, Fatin Nur Najwa Refraction and errors of refraction and accommodation Eyeglasses. Lenses The cross-sectional study was conducted to find a pattern of contact lens usage among university community and problems related to its use. Two hundred and fifty-two participants among the university community in UiTM Puncak Alam that fulfil inclusion criteria were given a set of questionnaire consists of 22 items to be answered. Results showed that 81.3% of respondents are current contact lens users, with females (81%) outnumbered males in lens wear. Most preferred contact lens type was soft-disposable (73.8%), while most quoted reasons for usage were convenience (61.5%) and comfort (17.9%). Symptoms like dry eyes, red eyes, and watery eyes were the most reported problems faced by the wearers. There was no association between pattern of contact lens usage with contact lens complications. Even though majority of wearers do not have issues with contact lens, problems associated with its wear continue to persist in this study as 33.4% of them experienced problems related to its wear. Even though most participants did not have issues associated with CL use, awareness of lens care and hygiene needed to be increased to avoid any eye complications in the future. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019-09 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54726/1/54726.pdf ID54726 Zairolanuar, Nadia Emylia and Norazman, Fatin Nur Najwa (2019) The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman. Health Scope, 2. pp. 356-359. ISSN 2735-0649 http://healthscopefsk.com/
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topic Refraction and errors of refraction and accommodation
Eyeglasses. Lenses
spellingShingle Refraction and errors of refraction and accommodation
Eyeglasses. Lenses
Zairolanuar, Nadia Emylia
Norazman, Fatin Nur Najwa
The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman
description The cross-sectional study was conducted to find a pattern of contact lens usage among university community and problems related to its use. Two hundred and fifty-two participants among the university community in UiTM Puncak Alam that fulfil inclusion criteria were given a set of questionnaire consists of 22 items to be answered. Results showed that 81.3% of respondents are current contact lens users, with females (81%) outnumbered males in lens wear. Most preferred contact lens type was soft-disposable (73.8%), while most quoted reasons for usage were convenience (61.5%) and comfort (17.9%). Symptoms like dry eyes, red eyes, and watery eyes were the most reported problems faced by the wearers. There was no association between pattern of contact lens usage with contact lens complications. Even though majority of wearers do not have issues with contact lens, problems associated with its wear continue to persist in this study as 33.4% of them experienced problems related to its wear. Even though most participants did not have issues associated with CL use, awareness of lens care and hygiene needed to be increased to avoid any eye complications in the future.
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author Zairolanuar, Nadia Emylia
Norazman, Fatin Nur Najwa
author_facet Zairolanuar, Nadia Emylia
Norazman, Fatin Nur Najwa
author_sort Zairolanuar, Nadia Emylia
title The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman
title_short The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman
title_full The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman
title_fullStr The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman
title_full_unstemmed The pattern of contact lens usage among university community: A crosssectional study in UiTM Puncak Alam/ Nadia Emylia Zairolanuar and Fatin Nur Najwa Norazman
title_sort pattern of contact lens usage among university community: a crosssectional study in uitm puncak alam/ nadia emylia zairolanuar and fatin nur najwa norazman
publisher Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA
publishDate 2019
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54726/1/54726.pdf
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