Children and Contact Lenses: Where Do They Fit into the Spectrum of Care?
Many improvements have been made by the contact lens industry in the past decade. Eye care providers should take a fresh look at the use of contact lenses as part of their vision correction plan for the pediatric population. It is not uncommon for practitioners to tell parents that their child canno...
| Published in: | Journal of Behavioral Optometry Vol. 23; no. 5/6; pp. 145 - 149 |
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| Format: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Optometric Extension Program
2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=85506423&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 85506423 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10458395 6MY5 jtl: Journal of Behavioral Optometry issn: 10458395 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2012 vid: 23 iid: 5/6 pid: 46881 pub: Optometric Extension Program place: Lutherville Timonium, Maryland artinfo: ui: 85506423 85506423 108030055 85506423 ppf: 145 ppct: 4 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Children and Contact Lenses: Where Do They Fit into the Spectrum of Care? aug: au: Newman, Christina affil: Southern College of Optometry 1245 Madison Ave. Memphis, Tennessee 38104 sug: subj: Vision Disorders Therapy Contact Lenses Child Self Concept Patient Education Decision Making, Clinical Child: 6-12 years ab: Many improvements have been made by the contact lens industry in the past decade. Eye care providers should take a fresh look at the use of contact lenses as part of their vision correction plan for the pediatric population. It is not uncommon for practitioners to tell parents that their child cannot be fitted into contact lenses until at least 13 years of age. Recent studies are proving that children are at no additional health risk, are just as satisfied, and are as capable of caring for their lenses as compared to teens. Children and teens benefit equally in selfperception and confidence in terms of appearance and correction during their given activities. Beyond normal vision correction, contact lenses are also being examined for their ability to halt the progression of myopia, as well as their role in correction of infant aphakia. The following article provides a review of the latest findings and attitudes for fitting children into contact lenses. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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