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- Title
Assessment of patient compliance in orthokeratology and analysis of influencing factors: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Zhiwen Bian; Xindi Xu; Duya Chen; Hailong Ni; Bian, Zhiwen; Xu, Xindi; Chen, Duya; Ni, Hailong
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Patient non-compliance, that is, failure to perform standard wear and care orthokeratology (ortho-k) lenses procedures, has been shown to be a major risk factor for contact lens-associated complications. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the compliance with wear and care behaviors of ortho-k patients and analyze its influencing factors.<bold>Methods: </bold>Patients who were successfully prescribed ortho-k lenses at the Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (ECSAHZU) were enrolled in the study. Patient compliance with wear and care behaviors was examined through a questionnaire.<bold>Results: </bold>This study assessed 238 subjects. The subjects' ages ranged from 7 to 25 (mean ± SD, 11.3 ± 2.5) years. The compliance with wear and care behaviors was 19.7%, and the subjects' self-assessment compliance was 96.6%. The compliance rate of subjects wearing lenses for less than 1 year was higher than that of subjects wearing lenses for more than 1 year (p < 0.001). In the first year, the compliance rates of wearing experiences for less than 1 month, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and more than 6 months were 45, 29, 21.6, 20, and 27.6%, respectively, and there were no statistically significant differences in compliance among these periods (p = 0.314). No correlation was identified between compliance and age (r = - 0.061, p = 0.527) or sex (r = 0.114, p = 0. 751). There was no correlation between compliance and lens care operator (r = - 0.626, p = 0.151).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The compliance of ortho-k patients was poor. After wearing ortho-k lenses for more than 1 year, compliance with wear and care behaviors declined. In clinical practice, measures should be taken to solve these problems and improve the safety of wearing ortho-k lenses.
- Subjects
MYOPIA treatment; OPTOMETRY; CROSS-sectional method; CONTACT lenses; PATIENT compliance; REFRACTIVE errors
- Publication
BMC Ophthalmology, 2021, Vol 21, p1
- ISSN
1471-2415
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12886-021-02148-2