Demographic profiles of contact lens wearers and their association with lens wear characteristics in Trinidad and Tobago: A retrospective study

• Ngozika E. Ezinne ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ngozika E. Ezinne, Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Optometry Unit, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, African Vision Research Institute (AVRI), Discipline of Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Dipesh Bhattarai ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DB, GNH, ACC, KPM, AAI and FMZ also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Kingsley K. Ekemiri,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Optometry Unit, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, African Vision Research Institute (AVRI), Discipline of Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Gabrielle N. Harbajan ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DB, GNH, ACC, KPM, AAI and FMZ also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Optometry Unit, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

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• Anesha C. Crooks ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ DB, GNH, ACC, KPM, AAI and FMZ also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Optometry Unit, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

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• Khathutshelo P. Mashige ,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DB, GNH, ACC, KPM, AAI and FMZ also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation African Vision Research Institute (AVRI), Discipline of Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8199-0891

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• Alex A. Ilechie ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DB, GNH, ACC, KPM, AAI and FMZ also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Ferial M. Zeried ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DB, GNH, ACC, KPM, AAI and FMZ also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Ilesha, Saudi Arabia

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• Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ngozika E. Ezinne, Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: L.Osuagwu@westernsydney.edu.au

  Affiliation Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-6914

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