Only 15% of 40 to 65-year-olds found out about presbyopia from their Eye Care Professional before symptoms appeared.1 Without this awareness of presbyopia, patients can adopt coping strategies2 and may ultimately discontinue contact lens wear.3
Contact lens wear drops by almost ⅔ among over 40s.4
Only 8% of contact lens fit appointments for 45-year-olds are for multifocals.6
70% of single vision contact lens wearers that dropped out never had an Eye Care Professional discuss multifocal contact lenses with them.7
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Nearly 80% of UK eye care professionals agree prescribing multifocal contact lenses results in a financial benefit to their practice.8
Multifocal wearers stay in lenses an average of 3 years longer than single vision wearers*9, spend more per annum on contact lenses†10,11 and are also 2.5x more likely to purchase varifocal glasses.‡12
Consumers expect ECPs to discuss multifocal options,13 but 70% of single vision contact lens dropouts over 40 never had that discussion.14
Presbyopes want to maintain a youthful, active lifestyle.15 88% of contact lens wearers associate a sense of freedom, confidence or adventure with contact lenses.16 When patients are familiar with multifocal contact lenses, the majority would consider wearing them.§17
98% of eye care professionals want tools that improve multifocal accuracy.18
OptiExpert™ Contact Lens Calculator provides an initial CooperVision® contact lens type and prescription to trial, which may help to reduce chair time and enhance the overall fitting experience in practice.¶19
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* 52.7 vs. 49.1. † P>0.05. ‡ 63.8% vs. 23.9%, P>0.05. § Those that selected somewhat or very familiar, and definitely or probably considering. ¶ Observational study conducted in Germany to evaluate whether CooperVision trial CL specifications pre-selected using OptiExpert™ by a non-clinician align with those prescribed by ECPs. Lens types included sphere, toric and multifocal (total n=53). References: 1. CVI data on file 2021. Presbyopia survey 772 consumers aged 40-65 years, Verve, December 2020. UK. 2. CVI data on file 2026. YouGov online consumer survey, December 2025 and February 2026. UK consumers rwearing single vision contact lenses aged 45 to 64, n=1,042. 3. CVI data on file 2026. YouGov online consumer survey, December 2025 and February 2026. UK lapsed single vision contact lens wearers aged 45 to 64, n=323. 4. CVI data on file 2024. Vision Needs monitor 2024. n=3,405 (15-39 years old n=1178, 40+ years old n=2,227) UK contact lens wearers (aged 15+). 5. CVI data on file 2024. Vision Needs monitor 2024. n=3,405 (15-24 years old n=442, 25-34 years old n=502, 35-44 years old n=521, 45-54 years old n=618, 55-64 years old n=599) UK contact lens wearers (aged 15-64). 6. NiQ/GfK GB Contact Lens Fit Audit June 2024 - June 2025. 7. CVI data on file 2026. YouGov online consumer survey, December 2025 and February 2026. UK lapsed single vision contact lens wearers aged 45 to 64, n=215. 8. CVI data on file 2021: ECP Presbyopia survey, 368 eye care professionals who fit contact lenses, Flamehealth. UK (156), Germany (66), France (74) and Italy (72). % varied broadly by market, France = 39%, Germany = 61%, Italy = 50%, UK = 79%. 9. CVI data on file 2026. YouGov online consumer survey, December 2025 and February 2026. UK lapsed contact lens wearers aged 45 to 64, n=551 (single vision n=393, multifocal n=158). 10. NiQ/GfK GB Contact Lens Fit Audit January 2025 - December 2025. 11. CVI data on file 2026. YouGov online consumer survey, December 2025 and February 2026. UK current contact lens wearers aged 45 to 64, n=1,953 (single vision wearer n= 1,387, multifocal wearer n=566). 12. CVI data on file 2026. YouGov online consumer survey, December 2025 and February 2026. UK contact lens wearers aged 45 to 64, n=1,808 (single vision n=1,278, multifocal n=530). 13. CVI data on file 2021. Presbyopia survey 3080 consumers aged 40-65 years, Verve, December 2020. UK (713); Italy (844); France (837); Germany (695). 14. CVI data on file 2026. YouGov online consumer survey, December 2025 and February 2026. UK lapsed single vision contact lens wearers aged 45 to 64, n=215. 15. CVI data on file 2025. Online presbyopia survey, November 2024. UK adults aged 38 and over who wear soft contact lenses, n=752. 16. CVI data on file, 2018. Benefits of wearing contact lenses and/or glasses; 421 wearers (221 glasses, 200 CL).]. 17. CVI data on file 2025. Online presbyopia survey, November 2024. UK adults aged 38 and over who wear soft contact lenses, n=136. 18. CVI data on file 2025, Understanding CL-wearing Emerging Presbyopes, 2CV. n=51 UK ECPs. 19. Webley D. et al., Use of an online fitting app to support fitting in practice. Poster presented at Netherlands Contact Lens Congress (NCC) - British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), June 2022. 20. CVI data on file, 2020. Rx coverage database n=101,973 aged 14 to 70 years. 21. CVI Data on file, 2018. Non-dispensing, subject masked, randomised, bilateral, short-term clinical evaluation with Biofinity® toric multifocal; n=17.]. 22. CVI data on file 2019. Retrospective analysis; N=55 subjects (110 eyes); DV Rx +1.25D to -3.25D, add powers +1.25 to +2.50DS.]. 23. CVI data on file 2021. Prospective, double-masked, bilateral, one-week dispensing study with clariti® 1 day multifocal 3 add; n=90 habitual MFCL wearers]. 24. CVI data on file 2020. Prospective, double-masked, bilateral, one-week dispensing study UK with MyDay® multifocal; n=104 habitual multifocal contact lens wearers;. 25. CVI data on file 2021. Prospective, subject-masked, randomised, bilateral, two-week dispensing study at 5 US sites with MyDay® multifocal; n=58 habitual multifocal contact lens wearers.].
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