Subject	Public Health and Health Policy
Specific subject area	Vision Science, Perceived risk of infection and the impact of Covid-19 pandemic in Health and Consumer behavior in contact lens users.
Type of data	1.Primary Data 2.Figures
How data were acquired	Online Survey
Data format	Raw
Parameters for data collection	Participation in the study was voluntary and anonymous. The study sample includes Contact Lens wearers ≥18 years of age who were invited to participate in an online survey to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Contact Lens wearers behavior during the first Lockdown in Greece. The survey conducted on social networks from 28 September to 11 October 2020.
Description of data collection	The data have been stored in the files according to three psychopathological reactions (COVID-RS scales), a) disorganized behaviors, b) avoidant behaviors, c) maladaptive information consumption. Therefore includes socio-demographic variables such as, age, gender, educational level, profession status, geographical area of habitation (5 items), Health and Consumer behavior in Contact lens wearers (6 items), perceived risk of infection and behaviors due to Covid-19 in Contact lens users (9 items)[3,7,8].
	1676 volunteers participated in the survey, 1037 were Contact Lens users and completed the online questionnaire. Only the completed questionnaires were used in the analyses. The data set of each participant's responses were exported to Excel spreadsheets and provided as a supplementary file[2]. Furthermore, data figures are presented for each group of variables using frequencies and percentages: (a) Participants socio-demographic characteristics are depicted inFig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, (b) Health and Consumer behavior in Contact lens wearers are depicted in,Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig. 7, Fig. 7, Fig. 9, (c) Perceived risk of infection and behaviors due to Covid-19 in contact lens wearers are depicted inFig. 10, Fig. 11, Fig. 12, Fig. 13, Fig. 14, Fig. 15.
Data source location	Institution: University of West Attica City/Town/Region: Athens, Attica Country: Greece
Data accessibility	https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/xbphjxbk9p/1 https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/26p3kym3cm/2
Related research article	A. Chandrinos, D.D. Tzamouranis, Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Contact Lens Wear in Greece, Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal, 14(1) (2021) 22-29.https://doi.org/10.9734/or/2021/v14i130180