Effects of myopia on health-related quality of life in adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional causal empirical survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Myopia is a prevalent disease affecting adolescent vision and harms various health outcomes. However, the evidence about the effects of myopia on adolescents' overall health status is limited. Using health-related quality of life (HRQoL), a comprehensive health measurement indicator, this study aims to evaluate the effects of myopia on adolescents' HRQoL.

Methods and analysis

Adolescents' HRQoL was measured by the Child Health Utility 9D instrument. Data were collected from a population-based cross-sectional survey conducted in Shandong province of China. To mitigate the potential endogeneity bias, parents' myopia degree was used as the instrumental variable for adolescents' myopia status. The causal model was built to explore the effects and potential mediators of

SUBMITTER: Lu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883885 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature