Aim: To reveal the patients point of view about the selection of different presbyopic correction options from ophthalmic lenses and awareness about presbyopia.
Methodology: In this Prospective study, feedback questionnaire based study in North India, 126 subjects were enrolled and the offline questionnaire and responses were recorded. Participants’ age ranged between 37 -75 years (using near correction). Evaluated the responses to know the reasons of chosen of different options for pre-presbyopia and presbyopia correction by the subjects and attitudes about it, its importance, and present conventional correction opinions including bifocals, progressive addition lenses and contact lenses.
Result: Among the all participants, number of participants between the age group 37- 45 (pre-presbyopes) were 35 (27.77%), between 45-55 years of aged group were 60 (47.61%) participants and rest of 31 (24.60%) participants were between 55-75 years of aged group. Forty eight participants (38.1%) were already wearing a near correction while seventy eight (61.9%) were not wear any near correction. Out of 126, the 6 (4.76%) subjects were chosen a near visual correction and separated glasses, 88 (69.84%) subjects were chosen the bifocal lenses, rest of all 32 (25.89%) subjects chosen the PALs. And no one was using contact lens for near correction. Few similarities were observed as age–related (75.38%), total unaware of word presbyopia (85.71%), comfort, convenience and appearance concerned (63%).
Conclusion: The spectacles were most preferred for the correction of presbyopia. Bifocals are taken by majority of population. After educating about Presbyopia and advantages of PALs, it was revealed that most of the subjects wanted to choose PALs because of comfort and convenience to see all distances but most of them denied due to cost and 4-8 days adaptation time. So most of the subjects were chosen the bifocal lenses even they knew the disadvantages of it like image jump and segment line, while comfort, convenience and cosmetic appearance were seen as the preferred than cost. But cost also played role while finalize the lens and its coatings types.