Volume 10, Supplementary 1 (2026)

Healthcare workers are often regarded as role models by the public in healthcare, including eyecare.This study aims to determine contact lens (CL) compliance and awareness among healthcare workers in the Ministry of Health (MOH). Method:This study used a cross-sectional design and was conducted among healthcare workers of the MOH from July 2025 until August 2025.The questionnaire survey, validated by a study from Mohidin and Zahidin, 2012, is converted into Google Form and its link was randomly distributed through MOH emails.The questionnaire is in Bahasa Malaysia.Responses were analyzed using Google Sheets and SPSS software version 22. Chi-square test is used to observe significance between related data. Results:A total of 462 respondents completed the survey with a mean age of 39.45 (range 29 to 56).Male respondents were 65(14.1%)and female, 397(85.9%).CL users=270(58.4),non-user=192(41.6).Soft contact lens users=262(98.1%),hard lens=5(1.9%).Refractive error (71.5%) and cosmetics (11.5%) were the main reasons for using contact lenses.86.8% of contact lens wearers bought their lens from Optometrist outlet and 12.1% online.The compliance rate for CL users is 44.4%.Regarding knowledge about CL care, 19.3% respondents answered all questions correctly.Mean awareness rate is 70.67%.Respondents that managed to get all the right answers are categorised as highly aware.High awareness rate among CL users is 27.04%, and for non-CL wearers is 8.33%.The difference between high awareness rates between CL wearers and non-wearers is statistically significant based on the Chi-square test (p