Summary
Children with high myopia show significantly poorer sleep quality, shorter sleep duration, and later bedtimes compared to emmetropic or low-myopia peers, suggesting that myopia management in school-age populations should consider circadian and sleep health implications. Contact lens users across all age groups showed better sleep efficiency and daytime functioning than non-users, indicating that optical correction type may be a meaningful variable in lighting and vision-related wellbeing design.
Key Findings
- Children with high myopia had the worst PSQI scores compared to other refractive groups (P < 0.01).
- High myopia children had the shortest sleep duration (P < 0.01), worst subjective sleep quality (P < 0.001), and latest bedtimes (P < 0.05).
- Regression analyses confirmed myopic error significantly correlated with PSQI total score (P < 0.05), sleep duration (P < 0.01), and bedtime (P < 0.01) in children.
- No significant correlation between myopia and sleep quality was found in adults (â„20 years).
- Contact lens users had significantly better sleep efficiency (P < 0.05) and daytime functioning (P < 0.05) compared to non-users across all participants.
Categories
Sleep & Circadian Health: Study directly measures sleep quality, duration, and bedtime patterns in myopic children using validated PSQI scores.
Eye Health & Vision: Investigates the relationship between degree of myopia (refractive error) and sleep outcomes in children and adults.
Student Learning: Focuses on children and adolescents under 20, with implications for screen use, lighting, and myopia-related sleep disruption in school-age populations.
Author(s)
M Ayaki, H Torii, K Tsubota, K Negishi
Publication Year
2016
Number of Citations
97
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