ArticleZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics2025
[Mediating effect of sleep duration between depression symptoms and myopia in middle school students].
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- A study on the association between uncorrected visual acuity and 24-h activity behaviors among middle school students in Tianjin.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- IMI-2025 Digest.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore the mediating role of sleep duration in the relationship between depression symptoms and myopia among middle school students.
methodsThis study was a cross-sectional research conducted using a stratified cluster random sampling method. A total of 1 728 middle school students were selected from two junior high schools and two senior high schools in certain urban areas and farms of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Questionnaire surveys and vision tests were conducted among the students. Spearman analysis was used to analyze the correlation between depression symptoms, sleep duration, and myopia. The Bootstrap method was employed to investigate the mediating effect of sleep duration between depression symptoms and myopia.
resultsThe prevalence of myopia in the overall population was 74.02% (1 279/1 728), with an average sleep duration of (7.6±1.0) hours. The rate of insufficient sleep was 83.62% (1 445/1 728), and the proportion of students exhibiting depression symptoms was 25.29% (437/1 728). Correlation analysis showed significant negative correlations between visual acuity in both eyes and sleep duration with depressive emotions as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (with correlation coefficients of -0.064, -0.084, and -0.199 respectively;
conclusionsSleep duration serves as a partial mediator between depression symptoms and myopia in middle school students.
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