Lifetime cost-effectiveness of myopia control intervention for the children population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Myopia is a common eye condition and projected to affect half of the global population by 2050. Controlling its progression during childhood may prevent associated ocular diseases in later life. Certain interventions retard myopia progression but their long-term costs and consequences are not well understood. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of myopia control via an optical approach using the Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) lens over a lifetime.

Methods

We constructed an individual-based, state-transition model to simulate 1) the development and progression of myopia in childhood with and without control and 2) the impact of myopia on the development of four sight-threatening complications in adulthood. We compared strategies of myopia control wit

SUBMITTER: So C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414424 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature