title: Do the economic and social factors play an important role in relation to the compliance of contact lenses care routines?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the behavior of contact lens wearers of distinct economic and social groups in relation to their contact lens care routines.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors studied 60 patients of distinct social groups at the same Contact Lens Department at Sorocaba Eye Hospital in Sorocaba, Brazil. The patients were divided in two groups. Group 1 included 31 patients who could not pay for medical assistance and were in the Government Health Assistance Program. Group 2 included 29 patients who had health insurance and patients paying for medical assistance. We studied their age, sex, period of contact lens wear, and type of contact lenses that they were wearing and related these variables to the contact lens care routines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference between the two groups in relation to their contact lens care routines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Social factors do not seem to be the most important factor in the compliance of contact lens care routines.
authors.affiliation: Contact Lens Department, Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. marcelosobrinho@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Marcelo Vicente
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: de Andrade Sobrinho
authors.forename: Rejane Aires
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D018639:Contact Lens Solutions; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000523:psychology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D011482:Protective Devices; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D018639:Contact Lens Solutions