Purpose

To investigate the behaviour of contact lens (CL) wearers in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

An anonymized web-based questionnaire was used to assess demographics, CL history, and activity, CL wear habits and perceived risk of infection due to CL wear during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

A total of 737 participants with an average age of 27.4 (±9.3) years completed the online questionnaire. The vast majority of respondents were soft CL wearers and reported at least two years of CL wear. Patients concerns about the increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection due to CL wear (40.6 % of participants) were significantly related (χ²(1) = 11.195, p < 0.05) to CL discontinuation (46 % of participants) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This fact joins the significant changes in the frequency of CL wear during the COVID-19 pandemic (χ²(4) = 31.982, p < 0.05), with a tendency to increase occasional CL wear from 29.1 % to 61.8 %. Interestingly, the majority of respondent (87.9 %) indicated that no professional had offered them information related to CL wear and COVID-19, and that they had not sought it on their own (82.2 %).

Conclusion

There is a relationship between the perceived risk of infection and CL dropout during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a tendency to change the CL frequency of wear, with an increase in occasional CL wear. During the ongoing pandemic, eye care practitioners should reinforce CL patient education to minimize the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and CL-related complications requiring clinical care.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 大流行对西班牙隐形眼镜佩戴的影响

目的

调查 COVID-19 大流行期间西班牙隐形眼镜 (CL) 佩戴者的行为。

方法

使用基于网络的匿名问卷来评估人口统计数据、CL 历史和活动、CL 佩戴习惯以及在 COVID-19 大流行期间由于 CL 佩戴而感知的感染风险。

结果

共有 737 名平均年龄为 27.4 (±9.3) 岁的参与者完成了在线问卷。绝大多数受访者是柔软的 CL 佩戴者，并且报告了至少两年的 CL 佩戴。约SARS-CoV的-2感染的危险增加，由于CL磨损（参与者的40.6％）患者关切显著相关（χ ²（1）= 11.195，P <0.05）在以CL停止（参与者的46％） 2019冠状病毒病大流行。这一事实与 COVID-19 大流行期间 CL 磨损频率的显着变化相结合（χ ²(4) = 31.982, p < 0.05)，有将偶尔 CL 磨损从 29.1% 增加到 61.8% 的趋势。有趣的是，大多数受访者 (87.9%) 表示没有专业人士向他们提供与 CL 磨损和 COVID-19 相关的信息，而且他们也没有自行寻求这些信息 (82.2%)。

结论

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，感知到的感染风险和 CL 脱落之间存在关系，并且有改变 CL 磨损频率的趋势，偶尔会增加 CL 磨损。在持续的大流行期间，眼保健从业者应加强对 CL 患者的教育，以最大限度地减少 SARS-CoV-2 感染和需要临床护理的 CL 相关并发症的风险。