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Study: 23% of patients say contact lenses not ‘ideal’ form of correction

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SAN DIEGO — Women are more likely to express dissatisfaction with contact lenses, but men are more likely to drop out of contact lens wear, according to Kathryn Richdale, OD.

She spoke here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting about the reasons for contact lens wear discontinuation in participants at least 18 years old.

Women comprised 58% of survey subjects; the average age was 35.7 years. Current or previous contact lens wearers comprised 62% of the study population. Of those 177 patients, 44 (25%) reported having discontinued contact lens use entirely. The average length of time before lens wear discontinuation was 8.68 years. Those who were still wearing lenses had been doing so for about 12.7 years.

Of the 133 subjects who still wore their lenses, 32 (23%) felt that contact lenses were not their ideal form of vision correction.

While women were more likely to report that contact lenses were not their ideal form of vision correction, Dr. Richdale said the dropout rate was higher among men.

“Females tend to be less satisfied with contact lenses,” she said. “It is possible that females verbalize symptoms more.”