Efficacy and safety of interventions to control myopia progression in children: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Myopia is a common visual disorder with increasing prevalence. Halting progression of myopia is critical, as high myopia can be complicated by a number of vision-compromising conditions.

Methods

Literature search was conducted in the following databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) database. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses investigating the efficacy and safety of multiple myopia interventions vs control conditions, were considered. Methodological quality and quality of evidence of eligible studies were assess

SUBMITTER: Prousali E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6506938 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature