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ABSTRACT
Contact lenses have become an alternative means to the use of spectacle for optical correction, it also has therapeutic and cosmetic benefits, and hence there is a high rate of contact lens use. Poor knowledge about complications of improper contact lens care has posed a serious threat to the ocular health status of uses, and young individual being the largest category users are faced with high occurrence of these complications. This study was to determine the knowledge and behavior of contact lens use of clinical and non-clinical students in the University of Benin. A total of 135 students (48 of clinical students and 87 of non-clinical students) were used using a semi-structured questionnaire, with mean age of 20 years. Majority of contact lens wearers were females. The main indication for contact lens use was therapeutic. 30.1% identified redness, pain and watery eyes as the notable symptoms they had experienced in the course of using contact lenses, while 11.4% noted general discomfort with 16.2% not experiencing any. The five common improper behaviors of lens care were similar in both groups and included wearing lenses longer than recommended, not changing lens storage solution daily, swimming while wearing contact lenses, using tap water to rinse contact lens and not washing hands before handling lenses. Data obtained was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 22.0. Chi-square showed that clinical students had better knowledge of contact lens than non-clinical students (p=0.029); p<0.05. In conclusion, clinical students had more knowledge than non-clinical students. However, both groups still lacked adequate knowledge and were non-compliant with contact lens care instructions.
