Assessment of Knowledge & Attitude among Contact Lens users who visited Tertiary Eye care Hospital: A Pilot Study

Background: The demand for contact lenses is driven by factors such as increasing cases of refractive errors and the rising popularity of cosmetic lenses. The purpose of this study to evaluate patient knowledge and behaviour regarding contact lens wear Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 34 participants from Era Hospital Lucknow. Data was collected using pre-approved questionnaire and ophthalmic examination. Data was analysed using Microsoft Excel 2019 and IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0. Descriptive statistics (frequency, mean ± SD) summarized all variables. One-way ANOVA (F-test) assessed variability within groups, and the P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result : On the basis of hygiene 94.1% reported cleaning their hands before inserting their lenses. whereas 85.3% of respondents replaced CLs as recommended (p < 0.001). Just 58.8% (n = 20) reported seeing a doctor frequently (p = 0.467). 11.8% (n = 4) users reported wearing lenses for more than eight hours per day, (p < 0.001). On the basis of compliance by lens type 100% of RGP users and 93.3% of soft users reported cleaning their hands (p = 1.000). Conclusion: Despite all the recommendations & compliance behaviour there’s a still need of patient education to change attitude related compliance of routine checkup. When contrasting RGP/Hard & Soft/Hydrogel lens, there were no high variation despite the fact that RGP wearers seemed to be a little more obedient.