Vidotti Vanessa Gonçalves, Kamegasawa Amélia
Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu (SP), Brazil.
Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2006 Mar-Apr;69(2):197-201. doi: 10.1590/s0004-27492006000200012. Epub 2006 May 8.
To analyze the ametropy, way of acquisition, the care and complications related to contact lens wear among medical students from Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu da Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP--Botucatu (SP).
Questionnaire applied to students from the 1st to the 6th year of the Medical school of the Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu da Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP--Botucatu (SP), forming an analytical cross-sectional survey.
27.4% of the students use contact lenses, and among them 94.8% use soft contact lenses and 98% have negative degree. 46.9% discard their contact lens monthly. 63.9% have an average daily use of 14 hours, 14.1% acquire the contact lenses from optician stores or at pharmacies and 46.5% of the students clean their contact lenses when they put them on and take them off. Regarding complications, 51.0% reported ocular redness; 44.5%, blurred vision; and 42.6%, foreign body sensation, whereas only 4 students reported "keratitis".
We concluded that the inadequate adaptation that occurs even in users knowledgeable about this issue such as medical students, has increased the risk of complications. This fact indicates that more attention must be paid to contact lens care in order to prevent permanent visual deficit.
分析圣保罗州立大学博图卡图医学院（UNESP - 博图卡图，圣保罗）医学生的屈光不正情况、佩戴隐形眼镜的获取方式、护理情况及相关并发症。
对圣保罗州立大学博图卡图医学院1至6年级的学生进行问卷调查，形成一项分析性横断面调查。
27.4%的学生使用隐形眼镜，其中94.8%使用软性隐形眼镜，98%为近视度数。46.9%的学生每月更换隐形眼镜。63.9%的学生平均每天佩戴14小时，14.1%的学生从眼镜店或药店获取隐形眼镜，46.5%的学生在佩戴和取下隐形眼镜时会进行清洁。关于并发症，51.0%的学生报告有眼红；44.5%，视力模糊；42.6%，异物感，而只有4名学生报告“角膜炎”。
我们得出结论，即使是像医学生这样对该问题有一定了解的使用者，也存在适应不当的情况，这增加了并发症的风险。这一事实表明，必须更加重视隐形眼镜的护理，以防止永久性视力损害。
