COVID-19 Quarantine Reveals That Behavioral Changes Have an Effect on Myopia Progression

Liangde Xu; Yunlong Ma; Jian Yuan; Yaru Zhang; Hong Wang; Guosi Zhang; Changsheng Tu; Xiaoyan Lu; Jing Li; Yichun Xiong; Fukun Chen; Xinting Liu; Zhengbo Xue; Meng Zhou; Wen-Qing Li; Nan Wu; Jinhua Bao; Hao Chen; Fan Lu; Jianzhong Su; Jia Qu; Myopic Epidemiology and Intervention Study

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.04.001

COVID-19 Quarantine Reveals That Behavioral Changes Have an Effect on Myopia Progression

Ophthalmology. 2021 Nov;128(11):1652-1654. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.04.001. Epub 2021 Apr 14.

Authors

Liangde Xu¹, Yunlong Ma², Jian Yuan², Yaru Zhang², Hong Wang³, Guosi Zhang², Changsheng Tu⁴, Xiaoyan Lu³, Jing Li³, Yichun Xiong³, Fukun Chen³, Xinting Liu³, Zhengbo Xue³, Meng Zhou², Wen-Qing Li⁵, Nan Wu⁶, Jinhua Bao⁴, Hao Chen⁷, Fan Lu⁷, Jianzhong Su¹, Jia Qu⁸; Myopic Epidemiology and Intervention Study

Affiliations

¹ School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Visual Science, Wenzhou, China; Institute of Biomedical Big Data, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
² School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; Institute of Biomedical Big Data, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
³ School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Visual Science, Wenzhou, China.
⁴ School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Wenzhou, China.
⁵ Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
⁶ Medical Research Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁷ School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Visual Science, Wenzhou, China; National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Wenzhou, China.
⁸ School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Visual Science, Wenzhou, China; National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Wenzhou, China. Electronic address: qujia@eye.ac.cn.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Incidence; Intervention study; Myopia; Prevalence.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Behavior*
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / psychology
Child
China / epidemiology
Comorbidity
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Myopia, Degenerative / epidemiology*
Myopia, Degenerative / physiopathology
Pandemics
Prevalence
Quarantine / psychology*
Refraction, Ocular / physiology*
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2*