SynthesisSleep2023
Myopia and sleep in children-a systematic review.
Synthesis in Sleep, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Beyond Screen Time: A Measurement Framework for Behavioral Exposures in Childhood Myopia.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Effectiveness and implementation of an intervention strategy-based health promoting schools framework to reduce idiopathic scoliosis and myopia among children and adolescents in Shanghai, China: study protocol.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Social jet lag and visual acuity decline in junior high students: a retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Circadian rhythms regulate refractive development across species.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The role of circadian rhythms in the pathogenesis of myopia.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Influence of light on myopia-a review.International journal of ophthalmology · 2026Review
- IMI: The Role of Light in Refractive Development and Myopia: Evidence from Animal and Human Studies.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Review
- IMI-2025 Digest.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
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- Perspectives on Genetic and Environmental Factors in Myopia, Its Prediction, and the Future Direction of Research.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Review
- Social behavioral analysis of the influence of residential area and grade on pupils' myopia rate: a cross-sectional survey in Nanjing, China.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Myopia control efficacy of peripheral defocus modifying spectacle lenses in children and adolescents: a Meta-analysis.International journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Adherence to the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines and vision impairment in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Estimating the True Effect of Lifestyle Risk Factors for Myopia: A Longitudinal Study of UK Children.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of myopia among adolescents aged 12-15 in Shandong Province, China: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Potential causal associations between leisure sedentary behaviors, physical activity, sleep traits, and myopia: a Mendelian randomization study.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Article
- The influence of the environment and lifestyle on myopia.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2024Review
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- The association between sleep duration and myopia among Chinese school-age students: mediation effect of physical activity.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Lifestyle and risk of developing myopia in school children in Chongqing, China.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Worldwide, approximately one in three people are myopic or short-sighted. Myopia in children is of particular concern as younger onset age implies a higher risk of progression, and consequently greater risk of developing vision-threatening complications. The importance of sleep in children's health has long been acknowledged, but evidence for its role in childhood myopia is fairly new and mixed results were presented across studies. To facilitate better understanding of this relationship, a broad literature search, up to and including October 31, 2022, was performed using three databases (PubMed, Embase, and Scopus). Seventeen studies were included in the review, covering four main aspects of sleep, namely duration, quality, timing, and efficiency, and their associations with myopia in children. The present literature review discussed these studies, revealed potential limitations in their methodologies, and identified gaps that need to be addressed in the future. The review also acknowledges that current evidence is insufficient, and the role of sleep in childhood myopia is far from being fully understood. Future studies that primarily, objectively, and accurately assess sleep and myopia, taking other characteristics of sleep beyond duration into consideration, with a more diverse sample in terms of age, ethnicity, and cultural/environmental background, and control for confounders such as light exposure and education load are much needed. Although more research is required, myopia management should be a holistic approach and the inclusion of sleep hygiene in myopia education targeting children and parents ought to be encouraged.
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