The impact of the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood myopia control practice patterns among ophthalmologists-an international pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus council global perspective.
Jonathan KfirTamara Wygnanski-JaffeSonal FarzavandiZhang WeiJason C YamJan Tjeerd de FaberFaruk H OrgeIgor AznauryanChong-Bin TsaiRosario Gomez de LianoSundaram NatarajanSubhash C DadeyaSiddharth AgrawalMiho SatoRachel ShemeshMezer Eedynull nullPublished in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2022)
Ophthalmologists around the world preferred a combination therapy of pharmacological and optical treatments. More pediatric ophthalmologists treated myopia progression and preferred a better evidence-based approach to control myopia. These trends reflect a positive response and more awareness of the rising prevalence of myopia due to the increased burden of myopia imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.