2021
DOI: 10.24125/sanamed.v16i2.518
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Digital device overuse during the COVID-19 pandemic and visual impairment among children: Is there a risk for long-term effects?

Abstract: Global school closures and home quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic increases digital screen time and the overall time spent on near work while decreasing outdoor time especially among school-going children, which can cause serious factors associated with asthenopia, refractive errors, low visual acuity, and accommodative insufficiency. Professionals believe that ophthalmologists now have an opportunity to draw attention to the problem, raise awareness among parents, children, and teachers, and eventual… Show more

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