International trends in prescribing extended wear soft contact lenses (2000–2023): An update
A modest increase in extended wear soft lens prescribing from 2000 to 2007 corresponded with the introduction of high oxygen transmissibility silicone hydrogel lenses. However, prescribing of this lens type declined thereafter, probably due to ongoing concerns over their increased rate of microbial keratitis, resulting in a prescribing rate in 2023 (5.2%) that was little different to that observed in 2000 (5.8%).
Authors
- Craig A. Woods (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5942-6247)
- Nathan Efron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7037-779X)
- Jason J. Nichols (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1519-7734)
- Deborah Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9530-0203)
- Lyndon Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7409-7349)
- Philip B. Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0680-8169)
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Contact Lens and Anterior Eye
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2024.102285
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17