Prevalence of myopia in Indian school children: Meta-analysis of last four decades.

ABSTRACT:

Background

India is the second most populated country in the world with 41% of the population (492 million) under 18 years of age. While numerous studies have shown an increasing prevalence of myopia worldwide, there continues to be uncertainty about the magnitude of myopia in Indian school going population.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

We systematically identified published literature of last four decades from 1980 to March 2020 and assessed them for methodological quality. Data were gathered into 5-year age groups from 5-15, in urban or rural populations, and standardized to definition of myopia as refractive error ≥ -0.50 dioptre. Random effects meta-analysis was done.

Results

We included data from 59 quality assessed studies, covering

SUBMITTER: Agarwal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7571694 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature