by Joel Harrison
5. November 2011 09:13
The American Optometric Association’s (AOA) annual American Eye-Q® survey reveals that there are certain differences between generations with respect to knowledge, views and habits related to vision care.
The survey included four generations: the traditionalist generation (1925-1945), baby boomers (1946-1964), generation X (1965-1977) and generation Y (1978-1994).
According to the survey, younger generations are more compliant with contact lenses wear and care instructions. For instance, 43% of members of generation Y replace their daily contact lenses every day, whereas only a third of baby boomers manage to do that. When it comes to storing contact lenses, members of generation Y also turned out to be the most compliant (almost half of them replaced their lens cases every 1-3 months in comparison with 28% of baby boomers).
As far as cleaning contact lenses is concerned, all age groups had problems following recommendations and almost a third of them admitted they cleaned or disinfected lenses with rewetting drops. What is interesting, only 8 per cent of baby boomers soaked or cleaned their lenses with water, whereas the proportion was 22 per cent among the respondents belonging to generation Y.
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