Eye care practitioner influence on lens care compliance

Abstract

s / Contact Lens & Anterior Eye 38 (2015) e13–e46 e39 eye. Corneal thickness valueswere acquired through a Scheimpflug camera before fitting CL and after wearing them for 5h. Central corneal thickness (CCT) and thinnest corneal thickness (TCT) were evaluated Results * For MSCL, the average variation was +0.68±0.05% for CCT and +0.38±0.06% for TCT (t-student: p=0.028 and p=0.038), while for SHCL was −0.63±0.05% for CCT and −0.69±0.04% for TCT (t-student: p=0.036 and p=0.031). Method: 40 eyes (20 subjects,mean age of 24±6years), healthy and with normal shape corneas were investigated. A MSCL was fitted to right eye andaSHCL to left eye. Corneal thickness valueswere acquired through a Scheimpflug camera before fitting CL and after wearing them for 5h. Central corneal thickness (CCT) and thinnest corneal thickness (TCT) were evaluated. Results: For MSCL, the average variation was +0.68±0.05% for CCT and +0.38±0.06% for TCT (t-Student: p=0.028 and p=0.038), while for SHCLwas−0.63±0.05% for CCT and−0.69±0.04% for TCT (t-student: p=0.036 and p=0.031). Conclusions: Use of a miniscleral contact lens for 5h does not change corneal thickness in a subjectwithnormal corneaBiographical Sketch of Presenter. Mauro Frisani is a Professor in Optics and Contact Lens at the University of Torino, Italy and a Researcher at the ISIS Study Center, Verona, Italy. He has worked in private practice specialising in visual rehabilitation with contact lenses for corneal disease or post-corneal trauma. He has also worked in Orthokeratology and Pediatric CL care. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2014.11.064