Table 2. Reasons for using or avoiding contact lenses (CLs).

	Never	Previous user	Current user	P
	N=710	N=441	N=205
No sight problem:	46 (6.48%)	134 (30.4%)	140 (68.3%)	<0.001
Sight problem:	32 (4.51%)	24 (5.44%)	12 (5.85%)	0.652
Using glasses is comfortable:	141 (19.9%)	70 (15.9%)	14 (6.83%)	<0.001
Using CL is harmful to the eye:	88 (12.4%)	38 (8.62%)	6 (2.93%)	<0.001
My ophthalmologist does not recommend CLs:	60 (8.45%)	17 (3.85%)	4 (1.95%)	<0.001
CLs are expensive:	26 (3.66%)	27 (6.12%)	7 (3.41%)	0.107
No interest:	288 (40.6%)	58 (13.2%)	1 (0.49%)	<0.001
Using CLs is difficult:	119 (16.8%)	44 (9.98%)	8 (3.90%)	<0.001
Using CLs is uncomfortable:	127 (17.9%)	86 (19.5%)	18 (8.78%)	0.002
Other:	142 (20.0%)	93 (21.1%)	34 (16.6%)	0.405
% for each response was calculated from the total number of respondents Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square test of independence