dc.contributor.author | Collins, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Bruce, Adrian | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Briony | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-27T23:01:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-27T23:01:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 08928967 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/0892-8967(94)90054-X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/122179 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many patients who begin wearing monovision contact lenses report that it requires days or weeks for them to become adjusted to the anisometropia; however, it is not clear if there are measurable improvements in their vision during this period. We therefore studied both the objective and subjective characteristics of adaptation to monovision over a period of 8 weeks. Sixty presbyopic subjects wore high water content hydrogel lenses in the study. During the 8 weeks of monovision wear, there were no significant changes in the subjects' visual acuities (distance, intermediate, or near) in high- and low-luminance conditions, near stereopsis, or interocular blur suppression characteristics. Nevertheless, the subjects reported significant improvement in various aspects of visual performance during the same period. Forty-eight percent of the subjects reported complete tolerance to the vision with their correction within the first week of monovision wear and a total of 78% of subjects were completely satisfied with the monovision correction at the completion of 8 weeks wear. The improved tolerance to monovision may be related to changes in aspects of vision other than those measured in this study or may reflect a psychological adjustment to the anisometropia. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Science | |
dc.publisher.place | USA | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 218 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 224 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 11-12 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Contact Lens Clinic | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 21 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Medical and Health Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 11 | |
dc.title | Adaptation to Monovision | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Applied Psychology | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Thompson, Briony | |