The research group of Associate Professor Takenori Inomata of Juntendo University's School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Digital Medicine, is the first Android contact lens application "Contact Diary" for iOS created by a university laboratory in Japan (according to Juntendo University research). A new edition was developed and released in May 2021.
It is estimated that there are about 1,600 million contact lens users in Japan, and about 1% of the total population uses contact lenses.However, about half of the wearers experience a variety of eye discomfort when wearing contact lenses.Although this eye discomfort deteriorates the quality of daily life and is the largest cause of discontinuing contact lens wearing, the factors are related in a complex manner and the cause of the discomfort has not been clarified.
Therefore, the research group thought that if the cause of this eye discomfort could be analyzed and complex measures could be taken according to the cause, it would be possible to prevent interruption of contact lenses, and the contact lens application "Contact Diary" Following the iOS version of, the Android version was developed.
"Contact Diary" is a medical research application that is the basis of big data collection by Juntendo University School of Medicine Ophthalmology Course and Digital Medical Course, which is useful for proper use and management of contact lenses.From the collected information, the purpose is to visualize the symptoms of eye discomfort caused by wearing contact lenses and to analyze the cause of the discomfort.
The main function of the app is to record eye symptoms measured from daily contact lens usage time, blinking time, and eye redness.In addition, the contact lens wearing time, the number of days until replacement, and the scheduled ophthalmology consultation date are displayed so that the wearing status can be grasped, and when the proper wearing time is exceeded or the input contact lens replacement period has passed. If you get an alert from the app.
In addition, the collected symptoms are scored at the moisturizing points and clean eye points using the photo finish function and the questionnaire regarding contact lens-related dry eye and allergic conjunctivitis so that you can see your own eye condition at a glance. become. "Contact Diary" can be downloaded for free from the "App Store" and "Google Play".
