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What is Tinted Lenses?

Patients with visual sensitivity can benefit from tinted lenses for comfort. Tinted lenses have also been found to reduce visual fatigue in patients with optic neuritis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Light sensitivity (photophobia) 27 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 11 0
General health 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Vision 4 0
Blurry vision 3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Increase effect of another treatment 2 0

See all 55 patients currently using Tinted Lenses

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 6

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Tinted Lenses

Eye pain 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense 1   Expense: 50%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 50%
Other 1   Other: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped using Tinted Lenses

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Tinted Lenses

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tinted Lenses

Always
 5 71%
Usually
 1 14%
Sometimes
 1 14%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tinted Lenses

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 29%
Not at all
 5 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tinted Lenses

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

Report created on February 12, 2012.