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OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE
Volume 91, Issue 2, Pages 133-141Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000000138
Keywords
silicone hydrogel contact lenses; comfort; lens-induced dryness; lens performance; cornea; conjunctiva; race; ethnicity
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- University of California at Berkeley Clinical Research Center
- Carl Zeiss Vision
- Cooper Vision
- Roberta J. Smith research fund
- Morton Sarver Foundation
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Purpose This study aimed to examine the effects of demographic, lens performance, and ocular surface response measures on contact lens-related discomfort and dryness, using a large contact lens study database. Methods A total of 4164 records were extracted from a database of 220 subjects participating in 46 silicone hydrogel contact lens studies. Subjects discontinued lens wear for 24 hours and were then fit with either comfilcon A or enfilcon A lenses. The fit and performance of the lenses, along with subjective comfort and dryness, were assessed on insertion and after 3 and 6 hours of wear. After 6 hours of wear, ocular surface health was also assessed by fluorescein slitlamp examination. Results Decreased comfort at 3 hours after insertion was associated with excessive lens movement (p < 0.001), front surface deposits (p = 0.004), poor wettability (p = 0.014), and Asian ethnicity (p < 0.001). After 6 hours of wear, decreased comfort remained associated with greater lens movement (p = 0.032) and Asian ethnicity (p < 0.001), along with inferior corneal staining (p < 0.001). Dryness after 3 hours of wear was associated with greater lens movement (p < 0.001), Asian ethnicity (p < 0.001), increased deposits (p < 0.001), and poor wettability (p < 0.001). Dryness after 6 hours of wear remained associated with greater lens movement (p < 0.001) and Asian ethnicity (p < 0.001), along with inferior corneal staining (p < 0.001) and inferior lens decentration (p = 0.001). Conclusions Excessive lens movement, inferior lens decentration, poor surface wettability and deposits, inferior corneal staining, and Asian ethnicity are associated with discomfort and dryness. Clinicians should consider all these factors to achieve the most comfortable and successful contact lens fit.
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