Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil

Background: Nowadays, contact lens had become a trend especially among young adults. As one of an optical device, contact lenses will be placed directly in front of our cornea. It is a safe optical device to wear as long as the wearers practicing a correct contact lens care. However, a failure to ap...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mohd Khalil, Fatin Nadia
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Optometry Opticians Eyeglasses
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22364/1/TD_FATIN%20NADIA%20MOHD%20KHALIL%20HS%20B%2016_5.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-uitm-ir.22364
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-uitm-ir.223642018-12-14T04:09:35Z Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil 2016 Mohd Khalil, Fatin Nadia Optometry. Opticians. Eyeglasses Eyeglasses. Lenses Background: Nowadays, contact lens had become a trend especially among young adults. As one of an optical device, contact lenses will be placed directly in front of our cornea. It is a safe optical device to wear as long as the wearers practicing a correct contact lens care. However, a failure to apply a proper practice in daily routines can cause contact lens complications which might lead to visual threatening. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the level of awareness towards contact lens care among contact lens users in UiTM Puncak Alam. Methods: In this cross sectional descriptive study, 60 participants from UiTM Puncak Alam were selected as the respondents to answer the questionnaire on their level of awareness in contact lens care. The participants who wear the contact lens were identified from UiTM Primary Optometry Clinic and Contact lens Clinic. Besides that, the questionnaires were also distributed at the faculties located in UiTM Puncak Alam. Results: Among all the participants involved, majority of 95% were female, meanwhile 5% of the participants were male and their mean age were 22.38 ± 1.485 years. The results of the study revealed that the level of awareness towards contact lens care among students in UiTM Puncak Alam was high. 83.3% of them agreed that tap water cannot be used to clean the contact lens. All of the respondents (100%) acknowledged that hand washing is essential before handling the contact lens. It was also found that 86.7% of them agreed that eye examination is necessary before prescribing the contact lens while 85% of them stated that after care assessment is also crucial after using it. Conclusion: As a conclusion this study has succeeded in determining the high level of awareness towards contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam. Their level of awareness in contact lens plays important roles to help in preventing any contact lens complications later. 2016 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22364/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22364/1/TD_FATIN%20NADIA%20MOHD%20KHALIL%20HS%20B%2016_5.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus Faculty of Health Science
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection	UiTM Institutional Repository
language	English
topic	Optometry Opticians Eyeglasses Optometry Opticians Eyeglasses
spellingShingle	Optometry Opticians Eyeglasses Optometry Opticians Eyeglasses Mohd Khalil, Fatin Nadia Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil
description	Background: Nowadays, contact lens had become a trend especially among young adults. As one of an optical device, contact lenses will be placed directly in front of our cornea. It is a safe optical device to wear as long as the wearers practicing a correct contact lens care. However, a failure to apply a proper practice in daily routines can cause contact lens complications which might lead to visual threatening. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the level of awareness towards contact lens care among contact lens users in UiTM Puncak Alam. Methods: In this cross sectional descriptive study, 60 participants from UiTM Puncak Alam were selected as the respondents to answer the questionnaire on their level of awareness in contact lens care. The participants who wear the contact lens were identified from UiTM Primary Optometry Clinic and Contact lens Clinic. Besides that, the questionnaires were also distributed at the faculties located in UiTM Puncak Alam. Results: Among all the participants involved, majority of 95% were female, meanwhile 5% of the participants were male and their mean age were 22.38 ± 1.485 years. The results of the study revealed that the level of awareness towards contact lens care among students in UiTM Puncak Alam was high. 83.3% of them agreed that tap water cannot be used to clean the contact lens. All of the respondents (100%) acknowledged that hand washing is essential before handling the contact lens. It was also found that 86.7% of them agreed that eye examination is necessary before prescribing the contact lens while 85% of them stated that after care assessment is also crucial after using it. Conclusion: As a conclusion this study has succeeded in determining the high level of awareness towards contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam. Their level of awareness in contact lens plays important roles to help in preventing any contact lens complications later.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Bachelor degree
author	Mohd Khalil, Fatin Nadia
author_facet	Mohd Khalil, Fatin Nadia
author_sort	Mohd Khalil, Fatin Nadia
title	Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil
title_short	Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil
title_full	Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil
title_fullStr	Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil
title_full_unstemmed	Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil
title_sort	level of awareness in contact lens care in uitm puncak alam / fatin nadia mohd khalil
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus
granting_department	Faculty of Health Science
publishDate	2016
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22364/1/TD_FATIN%20NADIA%20MOHD%20KHALIL%20HS%20B%2016_5.pdf
_version_	1783733807115927552

Level of awareness in contact lens care in UiTM Puncak Alam / Fatin Nadia Mohd Khalil

Similar Items