The impact of wearing single vision soft contact lenses on the peripheral refractive error

The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in the relative Aim: peripheral refractive error produced by soft single vision contact lenses in myopic schoolchildren. 27 myopic schoolchildren aged between 13 to 15 years were Methods: included in this study. The measurements of central and peripheral refraction were made only on the right eye using a Grand-Seiko WR-5100K open-field autorefractometer without contact lens (WL), and with wearing single vision contact lens (SVCL). Refractive power was measured at center and horizontal eccentricity between 35° temporal to 35° nasal visual field (in 5° steps). SVCL showed an increase in peripheral hyperopic defocus at the Results: nasal and temporal visual field compare with baseline, but this change was not statistically significant (p=0.129). Wearing single vision soft contact lenses increases the relative Conclusion: peripheral hyperopic defocus in myopic schoolchildren. Sharanjeet-Kaur Sharanjeet-Kaur ( ) Corresponding author: [email protected] Allinjawi K, Sharanjeet-Kaur SK, Akhir SM and Abdul Mutalib H. How to cite this article: The impact of wearing single vision soft contact 2016, :2803 (doi: lenses on the peripheral refractive error [version 1; referees: 2 approved with reservations] F1000Research 5 ) 10.12688/f1000research.10080.1 © 2016 Allinjawi K . This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the , which Copyright: et al Creative Commons Attribution Licence permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication). Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver This study was supported by a grant (to SK) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (DPK-2014-002). Grant information: The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed. 30 Nov 2016, :2803 (doi: ) First published: 5 10.12688/f1000research.10080.1 Referee Status: