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Near work, outdoor activity, and their association with refractive error

Zhong Lin1, Balamurali Vasudevan, Vishal Jhanji

  • 1*MD, PhD †BSOptom, PhD ‡MD §OD, PhD Clinical & Epidemiological Eye Research Center, The Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China (ZL, GYM, YBL); College of Optometry, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona (BV); Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (VJ, SSR); School of Environmental Science and Public Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China (GYM); Handan Eye Hospital, Handan, Hebei, China (TYG); Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Lab, Beijing, China (ZL, FHW, YBL); and Department of Biological and Vision Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, New York (KJC).

Optometry and Vision Science : Official Publication of the American Academy of Optometry
|March 19, 2014
PubMed
Summary

Increased outdoor activity in Beijing primary school students is linked to less myopia. Near work showed no significant association with refractive error in either primary or secondary school students.

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