Effects of Different Contact Lens Designs on Visual Quality Among the Soft Spherical Contact Lens Users

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of different lens designs on visual quality among soft spherical contact lens users. Material and Method: Forty eyes of twenty patients from our contact lens unit were included in this study. Refractive errors of the patients were between -0.50 and -6.0 diopters with 0.05). Total higher order aberration mean rms value was 0.29±0.10 µm without glasses, while it was 0.33±0.10 µm with Balafilcon A lenses and 0.31±0.10 µm with Senofilcon A lenses. Higher order aberration values measured after contact lens application did not show a significant difference for two contact lens designs (p>0.05). Discussion: High and low contrast sensitivity values were better with spectacles compared to contact lenses. We did not observe significant difference in higher order aberration values and visual quality between aspheric and spheric designed lenses. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2013; 43: 321-5)

Keywords

• Contact lens
• corneal aberrations
• visual quality
• contrast sensitivity