Patient Comfort

INDIANAPOLIS — In this Healio video, Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, discusses key takeaways from a recent Contact Lens Institute report, which details how practitioners and their staff can help improve contact lens wear retention rates.

INDIANAPOLIS — Miebo eye drops significantly improved comfort among contact lens wearers without negatively impacting tear film osmolarity, corneal staining or visual acuity, according to a presenter at Academy 2024.

INDIANAPOLIS — Alcon announced the launch of Precision7, a 1-week replacement contact lens containing a new technology that provides up to 16 hours of comfort and precise vision in both sphere and toric designs, at Academy 2024.

Thermal cooling rate and noninvasive tear breakup time significantly predicted contact lens-induced dry eye, according to a study published in Optometry and Vision Science.

Lack of standardization in comfort and safety assessments makes it difficult to compare silicone hydrogel and hydrogel contact lenses, according to a recent review.

Astigmatic contact lens wear poses two key challenges: comfort and stability of vision.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — BioTissue’s CAM360 AmnioGraft is showing early success in treating mild to moderate dry eye, according to a company executive here at Optometry’s Meeting.

SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, William Reindel, OD, discusses the impact of pupil size on vision and comfort performance of a new multifocal daily disposable contact lens.

The type of refractive correction worn by patients with presbyopia not only affected high-contrast visual acuity but also acceptance of distance and near vision, comfort, reading speed and gaze behavior, according to a study.

Most individuals with myasthenia gravis were satisfied with their patient journey, but those who were dissatisfied cited issues with diagnostic delays, side effects of treatment and lack of advisement on approved therapies.