Evaluation and Follow-up of Myopia Prevalence Among School-Aged Children Subsequent to the COVID-19 Home Confinement in Feicheng, China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Progression of myopia in a school-aged population due to home confinement (January to May 2021) during the COVID-19 pandemic has been previously reported. A key remaining question was whether the myopia spike in children aged 6 to 8 years persisted.

Objective

To investigate the changes in refractive status and prevalence of myopia in school-aged children 1 year after home confinement ended in China.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study with a cohort substudy prospectively evaluated data from school-based photoscreening in Feicheng, China. Children aged 6 to 13 years participated in 8 screenings from 2015 to 2021.

Exposures

Noncycloplegic photorefraction was conducted using the Spot Vision photoscreener.

Main outcomes and me

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951104 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature