ArticlePloS one2021
Myopia-correcting lenses decrease eye fatigue in a visual search task for both adolescents and adults.
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- Global prevalence of myopia in children using digital devices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Individualized Ocular Refraction Customization Spectacle Lens Wear on Visual Performance in Myopic Chinese Children.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Trial
- Association between myopia and refractive parameters with eye behaviors in childhood aged 6 ~ 9 years: a follow-up study in Beijing.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Interventions for digital eye strain in adolescents: a structured review with supporting evidence from young adult populations.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Optical influence of myopia control spectacles at the retinal level: Effect of local light modulation.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2025Article
- Evaluation of myopia status and eye use behavior in school-age and preschool children.PloS one · 2025Article
- Impact of defocus incorporated multiple segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses for myopia control on quality of life of the children: a qualitative study.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Decoding visual fatigue in a visual search task selectively manipulated via myopia-correcting lenses.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Overview on Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments Lenses: A Novel Perspective in Myopia Progression Management.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
The steady, world-wide increase in myopia prevalence in children over the past decades has raised concerns. As an early intervention for axial-length-related myopia, correcting lenses have been developed (such as Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segment (DIMS) lenses), which have been shown to be effective in slowing myopia progression. Beyond this direct effect, however, it is not known whether such lenses also affect other aspects important to the wearer, such as eye fatigue, and how such effects may differ across age, as these lenses so far are typically only tested with adolescents. In the present work, we therefore investigated perceived fatigue levels according to lens type (normal vs DIMS) and age (adolescents vs adults) in a demanding visual search task ("Finding Wally") at two difficulty levels (easy vs difficult). Whereas age and difficulty did not result in significant differences in eye fatigue, we found a clear reduction of fatigue levels in both age groups when wearing the correcting lenses. Hence, the additional accommodation of these lens types may result in less strain in a task requiring sustained eye movements at near viewing distances.
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