ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2015
Contact lens impact on quality of life in keratoconus patients: rigid gas permeable versus soft silicone-hydrogel keratoconus lenses.
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- Keratoconus and quality of life: an updated comprehensive review.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Contact Lenses and Vision-Related Quality of Life: Evidence and Clinical Insights.Clinical optometry · 2026Review
- Effects of Custom-Designed Soft Contact Lenses on Irregular Astigmatism Correction in Patients with Keratoconus.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Current perspectives in the management of keratoconus with contact lenses.Eye (London, England) · 2020Review
- Update on Contact Lens Treatment of KeratoconusTurkish journal of ophthalmology · 2020Review
- Multi-view deep learning for rigid gas permeable lens base curve fitting based on Pentacam images.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2020Article
- Translational optical coherence elastography for assessment of systemic sclerosis.Journal of biophotonics · 2019Article
- The impact of keratoconus treatment with the Athens Protocol (partial topography-guided photorefractive keratectomy combined with higher-fluence corneal collagen cross-linking) on quality of life: a long-term study.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
- Nonsurgical Procedures for Keratoconus Management.Journal of ophthalmology · 2017Review
- Contact Lenses for Keratoconus- Current Practice.The open ophthalmology journal · 2017Article
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Abstract
aimTo determine the impact of rigid gas permeable (RGP) and silicone-hydrogel keratoconus lenses on the quality of life (QoL) in keratoconus (KCN) patients using the self-reported results from the Contact Lens Impact on Quality of Life (CLIQ) Questionnaire.
methodsFrom January 2013 to April 2013, 27 consecutive KCN patients who wore RGP contact lenses (conflexair100 UV KE Zeiss-Wöhlk) or soft silicone-hydrogel contact lenses (SHCLs) for KCN (KeraSoft IC- Bausch&Lomb or Hydrocone Toris K-Swiss lens) completed the CLIQ questionnaire.
resultsThe mean age of 27 patients was 29.6±8.0y. Fifteen patients were RGP user. The groups were comparable with respect to the mean patient age, sex, and mean K values (P=0.1, P=0.8 and P=0.1, respectively). The mean CLIQperson measure was 42.8±5.5 in RGP group and 39.6±5.5 in SHCLs for KCN group (P=0.06). CLIQperson measure was positively correlated with steep K value (r=0.301, P=0.04). When eyes were stratified by visual acuity with contact lenses, the mean CLIQperson measure was 42.01±5.6 in eyes with a visual acuity of 20/20-20/25 (n=44) and 38.4±5.26 in eyes with a visual acuity of 20/32 or less (n=10; P=0.097).
conclusionRGP lenses and SHCLs for KCN have similar impact on QoL.
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