An empirical study on the effect of outdoor illumination and exercise intervention on Children's vision

Shuaixiong Liao; Xueying Li; Nan Bai; Danping Wu; Wenliang Yang; Feng Wang; Hao Zong Ji

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1270826

An empirical study on the effect of outdoor illumination and exercise intervention on Children's vision

Front Public Health. 2023 Dec 12:11:1270826. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1270826. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Shuaixiong Liao¹, Xueying Li¹, Nan Bai¹, Danping Wu², Wenliang Yang¹, Feng Wang¹, Hao Zong Ji³

Affiliations

¹ Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China.
² Caotang Primary School, Chengdu, China.
³ Chongqing Liangjiang Yucai Middle School, Chongqing, China.

Abstract

Objective: To explore the relationship between outdoor lighting and sports and the development of myopia, and to analyze the effects of outdoor lighting and exercise on the diopter of children with normal vision and myopia, so as to provide guidance for the prevention and treatment of myopia in children and adolescents in the future.

Methods: A total of 201 children were divided into two groups according to myopia or not. Each group was randomly divided into 4 groups: outdoor exercise group, outdoor control group, indoor exercise group and indoor control group. Among them, the outdoor exercise group and indoor exercise group received moderate and high intensity aerobic exercise 3 times a week for 60 min each time for 12 months, while the outdoor control group and indoor control group had normal study and life during the corresponding period of time. No additional exercise intervention. At the end of the experiment, the diopter of each group was compared.

Results: The diopter of all groups with normal vision and myopia decreased significantly after the experiment (p < 0.01). There were significant differences in diopter between outdoor exercise group and indoor control group (p < 0.01), between outdoor exercise group and indoor control group (p < 0.05), and between indoor exercise group and indoor control group (p < 0.01). There were significant differences in diopter between indoor exercise group and indoor control group (p < 0.01). The differences among myopic children after the experiment showed that there was significant difference in diopter between outdoor exercise group and indoor exercise group (p < 0.05), between outdoor exercise group and indoor control group (p < 0.01), and between outdoor control group and indoor control group (p < 0.05). There were significant differences in the changes of diopter between the outdoor control group and the indoor exercise group with normal vision and myopia before and after the experiment (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: Outdoor light and exercise intervention can have a beneficial effect on children's vision, but because of whether children are myopic or not, the effect is different, outdoor light and exercise have a better effect on reducing the diopter of children with normal vision.

Keywords: children; exercise; myopia; outdoor lighting; retina; school.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Exercise
Exercise Therapy
Humans
Lighting
Myopia* / prevention & control
Sports*

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The fundamental research funds for the central universities (SWU1909556), Chongqing Education Society (HX2021A247), and Chongqing Educational Evaluation Research Association (PJY2022195).