Analyzing the Impact of Contact Lenses on Women’s Ophthalmic Health

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People wearing contact lenses, especially women, are more likely to get eye infections. The current study aimed to examine the relationship between contact lenses and eye infections including age, duration of wearing lenses, wearing time, any kind of pain or discomfort experienced after wearing them, and mainly the cleaning method of contact lenses. This study employed binary logistic regression analysis to analyze the data obtained from 120 women contact lens wearers between 15 and 35 years old with a diverse demographic background. The results depicted that females who cleaned their contact lenses with tap water were three times at a higher risk to get eye infections than those who used proper chemical solutions to clean their contact lenses. Women above 15 years of age who have been wearing lenses for more than three years, wear them for more than three hours each day, experience pain after using lenses. Moreover, they are also at a greater risk of having an eye infection due to cleaning the lenses with tap water. The current study also provided an understanding of the factors which drive ocular infections in women contact lens wearers as well as the study has significant public health implications.