June 2023. Volume 19. Number 2

Promoting healthy habits could reduce the prevalence of myopia

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Li SM, Ran AR, Kang MT, Yang X, Ren MY, Wei SF, et al. Effect of Text Messaging Parents of School-Aged Children on Outdoor Time to Control Myopia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2022;176(11):1077-83.

Reviewers: Balado Insunza MN1, Martín Masot R2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Vigo. Pontevedra. España.
2UGC Pediatría. Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga. Málaga. España.
Correspondence: María de las Nieves Balado Insunza. Email: nbalins@gmail.com
Reception date: 18/04/2023
Acceptance date: 08/05/2023
Publication date: 24/05/2023

Abstract

Authors´ conclusions: this randomized clinical trial concludes that sending text messages to parents of school-aged children, promoting outdoor time and light exposure, reduced axial elongation and myopia progression over 3 years, being a promising strategy to reduce myopia.

Reviewers' commentary: sending informational text messages to parents of school-aged children to increase light exposure and outdoor time reduces the risk of myopia over 3 years. Therefore, it can be an appropriated strategy to apply in clinical practice, and also to be implemented by health services, to reduce the rising prevalence rate of myopia in recent years.

How to cite this article

Balado Insunza MN, Martín Masot R. La promoción de hábitos saludables podría disminuir la prevalencia de miopía. Evid Pediatr. 2023;19:18.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Li SM, Ran AR, Kang MT, Yang X, Ren MY, Wei SF, et al. Effect of Text Messaging Parents of School-Aged Children on Outdoor Time to Control Myopia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2022;176(11):1077-83.

Reviewers: Balado Insunza MN1, Martín Masot R2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro. Vigo. Pontevedra. España.
2UGC Pediatría. Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga. Málaga. España.
Correspondence: María de las Nieves Balado Insunza. Email: nbalins@gmail.com
Reception date: 18/04/2023
Acceptance date: 08/05/2023
Publication date: 24/05/2023

How to cite this article

Balado Insunza MN, Martín Masot R. La promoción de hábitos saludables podría disminuir la prevalencia de miopía. Evid Pediatr. 2023;19:18.

24/05/2023

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