Near work, screen time, outdoor time and myopia in schoolchildren in the Sunflower Myopia AEEC Consortium.

Carla Costa Lança Jason C S YamWen-Jun JiangYih-Chung ThamMohammad Hassan Emamian Chuen Seng Tan Yin GuoHu LiuHua ZhongDan ZhuYuan-Yuan HuRohit SaxenaHassan HashemiLi-Jia ChenTien-Yin WongChing-Yu ChengChi-Pui PangHui ZhuChen-Wei PanYuan Bo LiangAkbar FotouhiHong-Sheng BiJost Bruno JonasSeang-Mei Sawnull null

Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2021)

In this study, increased reading and writing and decreased outdoor time were associated with myopia. Screen time may be a surrogate factor of near work or outdoor time, but further research is needed to assess its role as an independent risk factor for myopia.

Keyphrases

air pollution
optic nerve
particulate matter
high throughput
working memory