Viability of disposable soft contact lenses for the monovision correction of presbyopia

Abstract

Every presbyopic patient (n = 257) attending for routine examination at a suburban optometric practice was offered the opportunity to wear disposable contact lenses in the form of monovision correction. Sixty subjects entered the 3-month study. Only 5% of the total number of presbyopes who attended initially, were prepared to continue as fee-paying contact lens wearers. As has been found in other studies, monovision correction itself did not cause any significant visual problems (90% acceptance). It is concluded that disposable soft lenses for monovision correction of presbyopia is a viable economical alternative for a small number of selected patients.