A Survey of Contact Lens Wearers and Eye Care Professionals on Satisfaction with a New Smart-Surface Silicone Hydrogel Daily Disposable Contact Lens

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographics of the Participants. New Wearers Were Younger Than the Existing wearers, Reflecting existing wearers Had Been Wearing Contact Lenses for a Period of Time Before the Survey

Base	Total (347)	New Wearers (129)	Current Wearers (218)
Gender
Male	36%	43%	32%
Female	64%	57%	68%
Age
18–24	27%	39%	19%
25-34	39%	36%	42%
35-44	18%	12%	21%
45-54	10%	9%	10%
>/= 55	6%	4%	8%

Table 2 Percentages of Previously Worn Lenses by the CLW Group

Habitual Contact Lenses Worn by CLWs
1-Day Acuvue^^ Oasys	29%
1-Day Acuvue^^ Moist	24%
1-Day Acuvue^^ TruEye	9%
DAILIES^® AquaComfort Plus^®	15%
MyDay^^	14%
Biotrue^^ ONE day	7%
Clariti^^ 1 Day	4%
Proclear^^ 1 Day	4%

Note: ^Trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Figure 1 Overall 91% of new CLWs agreed that verofilcon A contact lens provide an option to be spectacle-free.

Note: New Wearers (amongst all new wearers n=129).

Figure 2 82% of new CLWs agreed verofilcon A are easy to place on the eye and 72% agreed they are easy to remove at the end of the day.

Notes: New Wearers (amongst all new wearers n=129). Data from Grant and Tang.¹³

Figure 3 81% of existing CLWs expressed a preference or a strong preference for verofilcon A contact lenses over their current lenses.

Figure 4 Existing wearers' comfort preferences.

Figure 5 Existing wearers' vision preference compared to their habitual vision.

Figure 6 More than half of ECPs surveyed changed from their previously most preferred lens type to verofilcon A.

Note: ECPs most preferred (n=31).

Grant T, Tang A. New Contact Lens Wearers and Practitioners Have High Patient Satisfaction with a Novel SmartSurface Technology Daily Disposable contact lens at International Cornea & Contact Lens Congress. Noosa, Australia: Poster; 10 2019.

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