How can we better evaluate paediatric progression of myopia and associated risk factors? Lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic: A systematic review
Jerrald Lau,
Wei‐Ling Koh,
Janelle Shaina Ng
et al.
Abstract:PurposeDuring the COVID‐19 pandemic, home‐based and remote learning—particularly using electronic devices—was rapidly pushed out. Increased near‐work, screen time exposure and lack of outdoor time are risk factors that contribute to childhood myopia, but it is difficult to adopt recommendations from prior publications as a consistent limitation in the literature is the heterogeneity of research methodology. This review seeks to systematically evaluate how observational studies published during the pandemic hav… Show more
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