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- Title
Lifestyle Factors in Myopic Spanish Children.
- Authors
Güemes-Villahoz, Noemí; Gómez de Liano, Rosario; Porras Ángel, Paloma; Talavero González, Paula; Bella Gala, Rafael; Martín García, Beatriz; Burgos Blasco, Bárbara; Hernández García, Elena; Chamorro Herrera, Marta; Hernández-Verdejo, José Luis; Ruiz-Pomeda, Alicia
- Abstract
Background: Childhood myopia represents a global concern with increasing prevalence in recent decades. Lifestyle factors significantly impact myopia. Aim: To evaluate lifestyle factors in myopic children from a metropolitan area in Europe. Methods: This was a descriptive study including myopic subjects aged 4–18 years. Patient demographic and clinical data were collected, including cycloplegic refraction in spherical equivalent refraction (SER) and axial length (AL). In addition, a questionnaire on lifestyle factors was conducted between September 2022 and April 2023. Results: A total of 321 myopic children were included, aged 10.72 ± 3.05 years, of whom 51.4% were boys, with SER −2.25 ± 1.9 D and AL 24.54 ± 0.98 mm. The mean age of myopia onset was 7.69 ± 3.05 years. A total of 59.8% had family history of myopia. Those children who had <2 h/day of screen time (on weekdays) presented SER −2 ± 1.91 D, compared to those who had >2 h/day, SER: −2.50 ±1.88 D (p = 0.009). Children who spent <2 h/day doing near work after school were less myopic compared to those who spent >2 h/day (SER: −1.75 ± 1.83 vs. SER: −2.75 ± 1.82, respectively, p = 0.03). However, no significant association was observed between SER and AL and time spent outdoors nor between SER and AL and academic performance (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Screen time and near-work time appear to be lifestyle factors related to myopia.
- Subjects
EUROPE; EYE physiology; LIFESTYLES; PILOT projects; STATISTICS; LIGHTING; MYOPIA; RESEARCH methodology; WORK; CROSS-sectional method; TIME; QUANTITATIVE research; MANN Whitney U Test; REGRESSION analysis; CITY dwellers; SCREEN time; QUALITATIVE research; T-test (Statistics); PEARSON correlation (Statistics); PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; QUESTIONNAIRES; AGE factors in disease; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; DATA analysis software; DATA analysis; VISUAL accommodation; FAMILY history (Medicine); EYE examination; PARENTS
- Publication
Children, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 2, p139
- ISSN
2227-9067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/children11020139