Coopervision releases contact lens whitepaper

Closer care, training, trials and monitoring in the early stages are all keys to reducing drops outs from contact lens wear according to a white paper produced by Coopervision.

The Contact Lens Category Retention White Paper surveyed 1,000 current and former contact lens wearers to understand their motivation for continuation or drop out from wear. Of the group 51% were still contact lens wearers and the gender split was also even.

When asked for their feelings about contact lenses both groups were positive. For wearers the most common feelings were: confident (33%), comfortable (31%), free (27%), relaxed (25%), happy (24%) and attractive (24%). The drop out group voiced similar positive sentiments, at similar levels, but this was dominated by feeling uncomfortable (42%). This, said the report, shows that nearly half of those dropping would continue wear if their discomfort could be solved.