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Home  I-News
 - Vision Correction - Ⅰ Vol.23
Summary
The two I-News reveals the result of the usage of contact lenses and eye glasses. This issue will focus on the usages and satisfaction/dissatisfaction points for contact lenses users.
•Question 1 ：What kind of vision correction do you use? (single choice)
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More people in Hong Kong and Japan use both contact lenses and glasses than in other countries. In the 25-34 age bracket, the number exceeds more than half.
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In India more people have a single ownership of ‘only glasses’ compared with other countries.
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Across most countries, as age increases, glasses are chosen for the vision correction.
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Common to most countries, females tend to have both contact lenses and glasses. |
•Question 2 :What kind of contact lenses do you use? (single choice)
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In most countries, disposables are used more frequently than rigid contact lenses.
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Especially in India, the penetration of disposable lenses is 95%.
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Aside from China and India, rigid gas permeable lense usage increases with age. |
• Question 3 : How many hours a day on average do yuo wear your contact ? (single choice)
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Average usage is over 8 hours, except for China.
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Japan has the highest average usage, over 12 hours, at a combined 36% (12-16 = 27.3% + more than 16 = 8.7%)
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Japan and Taiwan showed a small group of users with usage above 16 hours, where the rest of the countries showed zero or close to zero usage. |
• Question 4 : When do you wear your contact lenses? (multiple choices)
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In most countries, females answered with usage on a ‘special occasion’
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Male usage was high in most countries for ‘sporting activities’ compared with females, with the exception of China.
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In Korea, the usage for ‘work/school’ was highest at over 80%.
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In Japan, Korea, Taiwan, 80% of the people between 18-24 selected ‘work/school’ for their most intensive usage. |
• Question 5 : When did you start to use contact lenses? (single choice)
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Respondents in China and Hong Kong seem to start using contact lenses earlier；67% and 57% of them respectively said they began when they were under 10 years old.
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Especially in China, almost all of respondents answered that they started to use contact lenses before they turned 20 years old.
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In Japan, Korea and India, more than half of the respondents started to use contact lenses between 15-25 years old. |
• Question 6 : What are you satisfied with when you wear your contact lenses? (up to 3 choices)
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The results vary depending on the countries.
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In Japan, “visibility” is at the top (70%), and in Korea and China and Taiwan, “convenience” is most chosen.
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In Hong Kong, “safety”, “visibility”. “convenience”, and “suitability for sports” are almost equally chosen. |
• Question 7 : What are your concerns when you wear your contact lenses? (up to 3 choices)
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Respondents in Japan, Taiwan and India are cost conscious;59%, 54% and 49% of them reported higher cost is a high concern.
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In all countries, “eyes get tired easily’ is a major concern.
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In Hong Kong and Taiwan, “discomfort” is the biggest concern. Particularly more females complain about it. |
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