Changes in Refractive Error Under COVID-19: A 3-Year Follow-up Study.
Xiaoyan YangQian FanYue ZhangXiaoqin ChenYanglin JiangHaohan ZouMengdi LiLihua LiYan WangPublished in: Advances in therapy (2022)
The refractive status of schoolchildren showed an increasing myopic shift trend before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The low hyperopia, emmetropia, and mild myopia groups were more sensitive to environmental changes during COVID-19 than before. The myopic shift was greater in female participants than male participants.