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Uncontrolled Selling of Contact Lenses
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Original Article
VOLUME: 45 ISSUE: 3
P: 102-104
May 2015

Uncontrolled Selling of Contact Lenses

Turk J Ophthalmol 2015;45(3):102-104
DOI: 10.4274/tjo.42713
Cem Sundu 1
Erdem Dinç 1
A. Ayça Sarı 1
Özlem Yıldırım 1
Gülhan Ö. Temel 2
1. Mersin Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Göz Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, Mersin, Türkiye
2. Mersin Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Biyoistatistik Anabilim Dali, Mersin, Türkiye
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Received Date: 27.06.2014
Accepted Date: 24.10.2014
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ABSTRACT

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. Seventy-five 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.