Higher risk taking propensity of contact lens wearers is associated with less compliance

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 202-206

  Carnt, Nicole ^a   Keay, Lisa ^a,b   Willcox, Mark ^a   Evans, Vicki ^a   Stapleton, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compliance; Contact lens; Practitioner; Risk taking; Wearer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTACT LENS; DISINFECTION; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; OPTOMETRIST; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STORAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052967124     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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