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Uncontrolled Selling of Contact Lenses
Objectives: To evaluate the opticians’ perspective about selling and applying contact lenses (CL) in the provincial centre of Mersin. Materials and Methods: Twenty opticians who work in the 4 main districts in the provincial centre of Mersin were included in the study. A questionnaire form which was...
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Published in: | Turk oftalmoloji gazetesi 2015-05, Vol.45 (3), p.102-104 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Objectives: To evaluate the opticians’ perspective about selling and applying contact lenses (CL) in the provincial centre of Mersin. Materials and Methods: Twenty opticians who work in the 4 main districts in the provincial centre of Mersin were included in the study. A questionnaire form which was prepared before was filled out by the participants. Results: Seventy-eight percent of the opticians were selling CL without prescription, whereas 25% also carried out its fitting. Seventyfive percent of the participants did not get any education about contact lenses, while 65% of them were feeling themselves disqualified about CLs. Furthermore, half of the participants did not have enough knowledge about the complications associated with CL usage and 75% of them wanted to receive information about CLs. Conclusion: As a result of the questionnaire, we found out that a significant part of the participants were both selling and fitting contact lenses without prescription. We believe that auditing the opticians is as important as educating the contact lens users. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2015; 45: 102-104 |
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ISSN: | 1300-0659 2147-2661 |
DOI: | 10.4274/tjo.42713 |