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Trends in UK contact lens prescribing 2009

In his article on the 14th annual Eurolens Research survey into prescribing habits, Dr Philip Morgan reports on a year in which silicone hydrogels became the most commonly prescribed soft lens material and there was evidence of an increase in the prescribing of monovision and multifocal lenses

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In 2009, completed questionnaires were received from 101 eye care practitioners (58 contact lens opticians, 40 optometrists and three not reported) detailing information about 926 contact lens fits this response is close to the historical average. All reported fits were given a weighting based on the number of lenses fitted per year by the practitioner (based on the date information on the form) so that fits by practitioners conducting many contact lens fits were afforded a higher weighting than those performing fewer fits.

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