J Clin Ophthalmol Eye Disord | Volume 1, Issue 2 | Research Article | Open Access
Hideji Ichijima1*, Eisuke Ishizaki2, Hiroyuki Sakata3 and H Dwight Cavanagh4
1Quality Control, Menicon Co., Ltd., 3-21-3 Techno Plaza, Kakamigahara, 509-0109, Japan
2Ishizaki Eye Clinic, 21-2, Konishi, Nara, 630-8226, Japan
3Clinical Research, Menicon Co., Ltd., 3-21-19, Aoi, Naka-ku, Nagoya, 460-0006, Japan
4University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75235-9057, USA
*Correspondance to: Hideji Ichijima
Fulltext PDFPurpose: To evaluate the efficacy of an option program Care plus, which semiannually delivers standardized volumes of Multipurpose Solution (MPS), on improving patient compliance with practitioner-recommended Contact Lens (CL) care.
Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted in five eye clinics in Japan. Three hundred ninety-eight potential subjects who already belonged to a subscriber membership system replacing 2-Week Frequent Replacement (2WFR) CLs were identified in a national database; 200 patients were members who had elected the Care plus option (Care plus group) and 198 were those who did not (non-option group).
Results: Age- and gender-matched each 50 patients were randomly selected from two test groups. Wearers in the Care plus group showed greater compliance with practitioner instructions to use one bottle of MPS/month than those in the non-option group (53.1% vs. 27.9%; P<0.05). Some patients in the non-option group used their one-month MPS bottle for up to three months vs. none in the Care plus group (P<0.01). Of the non-option group, 35.3% wearers reported rinsing their storage cases in tap water vs. 11% (P<0.05) among their Care plus counterparts. Care plus patients replaced their storage cases each month at higher rates (45.8% vs. 19.0%; P<0.01). Conclusions: Compliance with practitioner-recommended CL care was significantly better in patients who elected to participate in the Care plus program of automated MPS care product replacement than in patients who did not choose. These results demonstrate that this strategy may be useful in improving patient compliance with lens care in worldwide populations.
2-week frequent replacement soft contact lenses; Multipurpose solution (MPS); Compliance; Membership system
Ichijima H, Ishizaki E, Sakata H, Cavanagh HD. Efficacy of a Multipurpose Solution Subscriber Delivery Program on Improving Patient Compliance with Contact Lens Care in Japan. J Clin Ophthalmol Eye Disord. 2017; 1(2): 1008.