Purpose: Recently, The need for ultraviolet blocking contact lenses has increased. this study investigated the recognition of ultraviolet blocking contact lenses for domestic hydrogel contact lens wearers.
Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on 257 adults who were wearing domestic hydrogel contact lenses and results were analyzed by frequency analysis and crossover analysis using SPSS 23.0.
Results: The result of recognition of ultraviolet blocking contact lenses 77.4% (199 persons) of respondents who did not know it and 22.6% (58 persons) who know it was investigated. the result of the importance of contact lenses ultraviolet blocking was very important 16.7% (43 persons), important 40.9% (105 persons), usually 27.6% (71 persons), not important 12.5% (32 persons), not very important 2.3% (6 persons). the result of a method for protecting the eyes from ultraviolet rays was sunglasses 52.5% (135 persons), don't do anything 42.4% (109 persons), ultraviolet blocking eyeglasses 3.1% (8 persons), ultraviolet blocking contact lenses 1.9% (5 persons). result of the contact lens product manual confirmation was 82.5% (212 persons) of respondents who did not confirm were the highest respondents and 17.5% (45 persons) of respondents who confirm.
Conclusions: Most of the respondents were very unaware of ultraviolet blocking contact lenses. the rate of wearing ultraviolet blocking contact lenses for protecting the eyes from ultraviolet rays was also low and many respondents did not check contact lens product manuals.

• Da-Yeon Lee(Dept. of Visual Optics, Graduate School of Health and Welfare, Baekseok University)
• Tae-Hun Kim(Dept. of Visual Optics, Graduate School of Health and Welfare, Baekseok University,Dept. of Visual Optics, Baekseok University)