TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of tinted soft contact lens wear on functional visual acuity and higher-order aberrations
AU - Watanabe, Kazuhiro
AU - Kaido, Minako
AU - Ishida, Reiko
AU - Dogru, Murat
AU - Negishi, Kazuno
AU - Tsubota, Kazuo
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Purpose: To investigate the differences of functional visual acuity (FVA) and high order aberrations (HOAs) in relation to tinted and clear hydrogel soft contact lens (SCL) wear. Methods: A prospective comparative study was performed in 16 eyes of 16 healthy volunteers. Dynamic visual acuity (using a FVA measurement system) and higher-order aberrations (using a wavefront sensor) were compared in subjects wearing two types of soft contact lenses: 1-day Acuvue® (Vistakon, Jacksonville, FL) clear and the 1-day Acuvue® DefineTM (Vistakon, Jacksonville, FL) tinted lens. The blink rates were recorded during FVA testing. The correlation between the difference of HOAs and differences in FVA values was analyzed. Results: The mean LogMAR FVA scores with clear and tinted SCLs were 0.07 ± 0.13 and 0.14 ± 0.17 (P< 0.05). The mean blink frequencies with clear and tinted SCL wear were 18.4 ± 8.3 and 25.3 ± 4.7. blinks/min (P< 0.05). Both 3rd-order aberrations and total HOAs showed statistically significant differences between the two types of soft contact lenses for 6. mm pupil measurements (P< 0.05). A significant positive linear correlation was observed between δHOAs and δLogMAR FVA for 6. mm pupil measurements (R= 0.53, P= 0.04). Conclusions: Tinted contact lens wear appears to induce a reduction in optical quality. Functional visual acuity measurement is a useful procedure to study the changes of visual performance and quality in tinted contact lens wear.
AB - Purpose: To investigate the differences of functional visual acuity (FVA) and high order aberrations (HOAs) in relation to tinted and clear hydrogel soft contact lens (SCL) wear. Methods: A prospective comparative study was performed in 16 eyes of 16 healthy volunteers. Dynamic visual acuity (using a FVA measurement system) and higher-order aberrations (using a wavefront sensor) were compared in subjects wearing two types of soft contact lenses: 1-day Acuvue® (Vistakon, Jacksonville, FL) clear and the 1-day Acuvue® DefineTM (Vistakon, Jacksonville, FL) tinted lens. The blink rates were recorded during FVA testing. The correlation between the difference of HOAs and differences in FVA values was analyzed. Results: The mean LogMAR FVA scores with clear and tinted SCLs were 0.07 ± 0.13 and 0.14 ± 0.17 (P< 0.05). The mean blink frequencies with clear and tinted SCL wear were 18.4 ± 8.3 and 25.3 ± 4.7. blinks/min (P< 0.05). Both 3rd-order aberrations and total HOAs showed statistically significant differences between the two types of soft contact lenses for 6. mm pupil measurements (P< 0.05). A significant positive linear correlation was observed between δHOAs and δLogMAR FVA for 6. mm pupil measurements (R= 0.53, P= 0.04). Conclusions: Tinted contact lens wear appears to induce a reduction in optical quality. Functional visual acuity measurement is a useful procedure to study the changes of visual performance and quality in tinted contact lens wear.
KW - Functional visual acuity
KW - Higher order aberration
KW - Tinted soft contact lens
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899934632&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84899934632&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.clae.2013.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.clae.2013.11.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 24721637
AN - SCOPUS:84899934632
SN - 1367-0484
VL - 37
SP - 203
EP - 208
JO - Contact Lens and Anterior Eye
JF - Contact Lens and Anterior Eye
IS - 3
ER -