A significant disparity exists between eye care providers’ preferred choice of contact lenses for their own wear versus lenses prescribed for their patients, according to a study from CooperVision.

The company reported in a press release that it surveyed 183 U.S. optometrists who wear 1-day contact lenses and found that 72% prefer a silicone hydrogel product for their own use, but prescribe the same material to only 33% of patients.