Associations between near work, outdoor activity, parental myopia and myopia among school
Associations between near work, outdoor activity,
parental myopia and myopia among school
children in Aba, Nigeria
Uchenna Chigozirim Atowa; Samuel Otabor Wajuihian; Alvin Jeffery Munsamy
【期刊名称】《国际眼科杂志：英文版》 【年(卷),期】2020(000)002
【摘要】●AIM:To assess the influence of near work,time outdoor and parental myopia on the prevalence of myopia in school children in Aba,Nigeria.●METHODS:Primary and secondary school children aged between 8 and 15 y were randomly recruited from 12 schools in Aba.Information on family history,near work and outdoor activity was obtained using myopia risk factor questionnaire.Cycloplegic refraction was performed using autorefraction technique.Myopia was defined as spherical equivalent refraction(SER)≤-0.50 D in the poorer eye.Data were analysed for 1197(male:538 and female:659)children with full relevant data.●RESULTS:Risk of developing myopia was positively associated with parental myopia[odds ratio(OR):6.80;95%CI,2.76-16.74;P<0.01)for 23.13;P<0.01)for
one two
myopic myopic
parent
and(OR:9.47;95%CI,3.88-daily
reading
time
parents,longer
hour(OR:1.21;95%CI,1.03-1.42;P=0.02)and less
outdoors(OR:0.8;95%CI,0.74-0.87;P<0.01).●CONCLUSION:Parental history of myopia is the most important risk factor associated with
Associations between near work, outdoor activity, parental myopia and myopia among school
