ArticleBrain and behavior2020
Investigation of the psychological health of first-year high school students with myopia in Guangzhou.
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- Global prevalence of myopia in children using digital devices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Bidirectional Relationship Between Myopia and Mental Disorders.Depression and anxiety · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of spectacle correction on the well-being of children with vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- The moderating role of gender in the association between latent psychosocial profiles and myopia severity among adolescents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Causal relationships between depression, anxiety, and myopia: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Eye (London, England) · 2025Article
- The association between myopia and mental health among Chinese children in primary and secondary school: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Parental control and depressive symptoms in college freshmen with myopia: the mediating role of vision-related quality of life.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Myopia and daylight-A combination of factors.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of eyesight, BMI, and the use of screen-based devices on mental well-being.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Lactobacillaceae-mediated eye-brain-gut axis regulates high myopia-related anxiety: from the perspective of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine.The EPMA journal · 2024Article
- Effects of myopia on health-related quality of life in adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional causal empirical survey.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Sympathetic nervous system activity is associated with choroidal thickness and axial length in school-aged children.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- A Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study on Visual Impairment and Depression Among Students - Jiangsu Province, China, 2017-2022.China CDC weekly · 2023Article
- Serum C-reactive protein level and sleep characteristics in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome comorbid with panic disorder: a preliminary study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- CCL2-mediated inflammatory pathogenesis underlies high myopia-related anxiety.Cell discovery · 2023Article
- Identification of high-risk patterns of myopia in Chinese students based on four major behavioral risk factors: a latent class analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Exploratory Study on Central Sensitization and Bioelectrical Activity of the Selected Masticatory Muscles in Subjects with Myopia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Myopia and Depression among Middle School Students in China-Is There a Mediating Role for Wearing Eyeglasses?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to investigate the differences in anxiety and depression between adolescents with myopia and those with normal vision and to examine the relationship between the level of anxiety and depression and the degree of myopia.
methodsA total of 1,103 first-year high school students aged 14-17 years were included in the study. The study group comprised 916 persons with myopia, while the control group comprised 187 persons without refractive error. Volunteers underwent routine eye examinations and completed a set of questionnaires about anxiety and depression. Then, the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) scores were compared between groups, and the relationships between anxiety and the degree of myopia and between depression and the degree of myopia were analyzed.
resultsThere was a significant difference in anxiety rate between the students with normal vision and those with myopia. The SAS scores among students with mild, moderate, and severe myopia were also significantly different. However, compared with the students with normal vision, the rate of depression was not significantly increased in the students with myopia, except in cases of severe myopia. Additionally, the SAS scores correlated closely with the diopters of the participants' glasses (r = 0.43, p = .045), while the relationship between SDS scores and the diopters of glasses was not significant (r = 0.19, p = .325).
conclusionThere was a correlation between myopia and mental health in adolescent students, especially in terms of anxiety.
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