Perception of Soft Contact Lens Usage  among Health Sciences and Business Management Students

Nur Aresya  Ahmad Najmee; Nur Fazliana  Abu Hassan; Nurulain  Muhamad; Noor Haziq  Saliman

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3058

Authors

Nur Aresya Ahmad Najmee 1Optometry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Nur Fazliana Abu Hassan Optometry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Nurulain Muhamad Optometry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Noor Haziq Saliman Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; National Institute for Health-Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (NIHR-SRMRC), University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3058

Keywords:

behaviour, contact lens usage, knowledge, awareness

Abstract

The knowledge and awareness on contact lens care can enhance the positive attitude of the wearers and reduce related complications. This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of contact lens use and care of university students with different backgrounds. A questionnaire regarding the perception and practice of contact lens use was online distributed. The perception of contact lens use as an optical device between spectacle and contact lens was statistically significant (p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference between the perception and awareness of two groups (p>0.05). Regardless of educational field background, all contact lens wearers have the same behavioural assessment of contact lens awareness.

Keywords: behaviour, contact lens usage, knowledge, awareness. Â

eISSN: 2398-4287Â© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peerâ€“review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3058