Box.

Demographic Information for Survey Participants and Indications for Scleral Lens Wear

Survey participants
Country of origin (n=225)
US: 135 (60%)
Non-US*: 90 (40%)
Main practice type (n=232)
Community (private/group/retail) practice: 173 (75%)
Academic (academic/hospital/tertiary care center) practice: 59 (25%)
Scleral lens fitting experience (n=233)
Established (>5 years): 135 (58%)
New (≤5 years): 98 (42%)
Patient indications
Indication for scleral lens wear (n=255)
Corneal irregularity: 221 (87%)
Ocular surface disease: 24 (9%)
Uncomplicated refractive error: 10 (4%)

^*Other countries represented in this sample (listed in order of the number of respondents from each country) were Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain, Australia, Columbia, Costa Rica, Greece, Mexico, Sweden, Brazil, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, and Israel.