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Knowledge of complications of Type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients visiting the Diabetes Centers in the Western Region of KSA
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Fahad Almatrafi, Khalid Alshehri, Daifallah Almalki, Thamer Aldajani, Abdullah Alwthainani, Khalid Almatrafi, Faris Almatrafi, Renad Alqurashi, Ghala Almatrafi ,Lama Alkhaldi
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Evaluation of outcome of distal humerus fracture fixation by two-locked plates
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Abdul Fatah Abbas Mansoor Haidarah
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Familial Mediterranean fever may actually be a persistent inflammatory process on vascular endothelium all over the body
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Engin Altintas, Atilla Yalcin, Orhan Ekrem Muftuoglu,
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Assessment of Epidemic and Pandemic Events Preparedness in Ministry of Health Hospitals, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Ahmad Mosa Faqeeh, Abdullah Ibrahim Sabai. Mohammed Ahmed Jahlan, Ahmed Nasser Khayrat, Hussein Ali Azyabi, Abdullah Ibrahim Asiri, Mohammed Ali Azybi, Madi Mustafa Habkor
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Strategies For Enhancing the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care: Addressing Overcrowding and Patients' Length of Stay
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Amal Abdullah Alharbi, Maha Sanat Alreshidi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95246

Population and Community Studies

Egg Allergy in Jeddah City - Saudi Arabia
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Moufag Mohammed Saeed Tayeb
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Prevalence of childhood obesity, its associated risk factors and parental misperception of their child's actual weight among Saudi children in Yanbu city, Saudi Arabia 2021: A cross-sectional study
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Worood Abdulaziz Alodainy
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95248

Ocular Complications in diabetic children in Aseer region
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Ali Mohammed Al-Amri, Ibarhim Marie Shahrani, Ahmad Saad Al Zomia, Ahmed Falh Alayash, Muath Hussain Alhudaithi, Alhassan Alhussein Almonawar, Abdulaziz Mohammed Asiri, Meshari Hassan Asiri, Saeed Ali Alqarni
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COVID-19 in the Region

Anxiety and coping strategies among COVID-19 patients in Medina, Saudi Arabia
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Shumukh Mohammed Alhejaili, Osama Madani Kiram, Duoaa Seddiq Abdoh, Sami Abdo Radman Al-Dubai
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Unusual presentation of tinea corporis skin lesion - A Case Report
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Hanan K. Taha Alshammari, Neelufur Sulaiman Sait
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Contact Lens Use Patterns and Safety Determinants among Adolescents in Western Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed Basheikh
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February 2022 - Volume 20, Issue 2

Contact Lens Use Patterns and Safety Determinants among Adolescents in Western Saudi Arabia

Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz UniversityJeddah, Saudi Arabia

Correspondence:
Ahmed Basheikh, Department of Ophthalmology,
Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University
P.O. Box 80112, Jeddah 21589,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Telephone: (+966) 504-662-439
Email: aabasheikh@kau.edu.sa

Received: December 2021; Accepted: January 2022; Published: February 1, 2022. Citation: Ahmed Basheikh. Contact Lens Use Patterns and Safety Determinants among Adolescents in Western Saudi Arabia. World Family Medicine. 2022; 20(2): 105-118 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952503

Abstract

Background: Besides medical use, cosmetic contact lens (CL) use, associated with several ophthalmological risks, is gaining substantial popularity, especially among the young.

Objective: This study aimed to estimate eye risk extent related to CL use among adolescents and understand the association between risk level and CL use patterns and adherence to hygiene and maintenance instructions.

Method: A population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescents aged 14–19 years residing in the Western region of Saudi Arabia. A structured online questionnaire was used to explore the demographic data, CL use patterns, levels of adherence to safety behaviors in CL use, and experienced eye complaints.

Result: Of 350 participants, 248 (70.9%) used CLs. There was an overwhelming female predominance (93.1%) among users, with occasional, cosmetic, and combined cosmetic-medical uses without prescription or follow-up being the most frequent pattern. Practices in CL hygiene and care were unsatisfactory, with poorer adherence to maintenance instructions. Clinically significant complications (CSC), defined as the presence of at least one of the clinically significant symptoms or any two other symptoms, were reported in 38.7% of CL users (95% CI = 32.6%–45.1%). CSC risk independently increased after 5 years of use (OR = 3.59, 95% CI = 1.51–8.52) and in double-purpose use (OR = 3.34, 95% CI = 1.52–7.37) by reference to cosmetic use only, while adherence levels to CL removal during sleep (OR = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.05–0.92) and not using CLs after the expiration date (OR = 0.28, 95% CI = 0.11–0.73) were protective factors against CSC.

Conclusion: Young Saudi adolescents are highly exposed to unregulated CL use with significant ophthalmological risks. This has several clinical, public health, and policy-making implications.

Keywords: Contact lenses, habits, teenagers, Jeddah, cosmetic, refractive







 


 

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