Myopia in Singapore kindergarten children.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to examine whether close-up work was related to myopia in Singapore kindergarten children.


METHODS
One hundred twenty-eight children, ages 3 to 7 years, from a kindergarten in Singapore were examined by cycloplegic autorefraction. The parents also completed a questionnaire on the different types of close-up work activities each child was engaged in, socioeconomic status, and parental history of myopia.


RESULTS
Myopic children spent 3.0 hours per day (median) on close-up work activity, while nonmyopic children spent 2.0 hours per day (median) on close-up work activity. The prevalence of myopia in the sample was 8.6%.


CONCLUSIONS
Close-up work activity was not related to myopia in pre-school children.
Saw
S M
SM
Department of Community Occupational and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore. cofsawsm@nus.edu.sg
Chan
B
B
Seenyen
L
L
Yap
M
M
Tan
D
D
Chew
S J
SJ
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