Open Access<p>The Role of Time Exposed to Outdoor Light for Myopia Prevalence and Progression: A Literature Review</p>
Author(s) -
Leila Sara Eppenberger,
Veit Sturm
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s245192
Subject(s) - medicine , scopus , incidence (geometry) , web of science , meta analysis , cochrane library , medline , randomized controlled trial , optometry , physics , optics , political science , law
The development of myopia as a refractive disorder seems to hold multifactorial causes. Among others, increased time exposed to natural light outdoors is regarded as possible effective preventive measure against myopia development. The objective of this review is to analyse and summarize the evidence investigating the association between time outdoors and myopia prevalence and progression.