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Myopia is progressing faster than its management options
The Pan-American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 Myopia, as the most common source of distance vision impairment in the world, is a serious global public health and socioeconomic crisis. Although more than half of the world population will be myopic by 2050, none of the myopia control strategies has ...
Ali Nouraeinejad
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New Spectacles for Myopia Control
Oftalmología Clínica y Experimental, 2022 Two recent randomized clinical trials have shown good results slowing myopia progression in children with DIMS (Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments) and HALT (Highly Aspherical Lenslet Target) spectacles. In these spectacles, the lenslets are located around a clear 9 mm central zone for distance vision. We know that in Argentina and many other Latin
Martin De Tomas +4 more
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Myopia Control in the Republic of Ireland
Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 2022 Purpose: to estimate how many independent optical practices in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) are offering myopia control options to patients and parents. Methods: 346 independent optical practices were identified in the ROI using a listing provided on the Association of Optometrists Ireland website.
McDonnell, Claire E +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundThe studies on the association between sleep duration and myopia are limited, and the evidence is inconsistent. This study aimed to evaluate the association between sleep duration and myopia, cycloplegic spherical equivalent (SE) and axial ...
Luoming Huang +19 more
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The future of clinical trials of myopia control [PDF]
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 2023 Abstract In the field of myopia control, effective optical or pharmaceutical therapies are now available to patients in many markets. This creates challenges for the conduct of placebo‐controlled, randomised clinical trials, including ethics, recruitment, retention, selective loss of faster progressors and non ...
Mark A. Bullimore +2 more
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Optical Interventions for Myopia Control [PDF]
, 2019 Myopia is a common eye problem that is becoming more prevalent worldwide, particularly in East Asia. The cost of long-term care for myopia-related eye diseases significantly impacts the respective economies and places a great burden on the public health ...
To, Chi-ho +9 more
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Reduced Radial Peripapillary Capillary in Pathological Myopia Is Correlated With Visual Acuity
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 PurposeTo quantify the radial peripapillary capillary (RPC) density and the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) thickness in pathological myopia and examine associations among these factors and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA).MethodsThe ...
Jie Ye +6 more
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Topical Atropine in the Control of Myopia
Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 Efforts to reduce myopia progression in childhood are driven by the increasing incidence of high myopia and its attendant health risks. Interventional approaches to reduce myopia progression in childhood have included the use of spectacles, contact lens, and pharmacological methods, of which the latter appear to be most promising.
Donald, Tan +3 more
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Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2016 Aim – to study the relationship of biometric and biomechanical indicators of corneoscleral capsule of the eye in children with axial and refractive mild myopia. Materials and methods.
T. Ye. Tsybulskaya
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Annals, Academy of Medicine, SingaporeIntroduction: Structured school-based myopia prevention programmes are increasingly promoted, but real-world evidence supporting multicomponent models remains limited. This study evaluated the 12-month effectiveness of the “1146” programme in China in a
Liuying Wang +5 more
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