OPHTHALMOLOGY CONGRESS 2022

To assess the prevalence of myopia in high school students in Urumqi, China, and examine the impact of the interaction between parental myopia and poor reading and writing habits on myopia to identify the population at risk and provide evidence to help students to avoid myopia. In December 2019, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in Ürümqi with 6,883 schoolchildren between 7 and 20 years old. The standard eye chart and mydriatic optometry were used to determine if the students were nearsighted. Falconer method was used to calculate the inheritance of parental myopia. Multivariate unconditional logistic regression models were used to analyze myopia risk factors and the additive and multiplicative interaction of parental myopia and poor reading and writing habits. After standardizing the age of the 6,883 students, the overall myopia prevalence rate was 47.50%. The inheritance of myopia from parents was 66.57% for boys, 67.82% for girls, 65.02% for the Han gro...

Dysfunctional tear syndrome (DTS) is a common and complex di sease that affects the ocular surface. The health and normal function of the ocular surface depends on a sufficiently stable tear film. In recent years, due to the expanded research and publication of diagnostic and treatment guidelines related to diseases that cause DTS, including treatment recommendations from the Delphi DTS team (2006) and the International Dry Eye Symposium, doctors’ understanding of diseases that affect the ocular surface has Enhancement (DEWS) (2007), Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Symposium (MGD) (2011), and the American Academy of Ophthalmology ’s updated guidelines for preferred practices related to dry eye and blepharitis (2013). Since the release of existing guidelines, new diagnostic techniques and treatment options ha ve been available, providing opportunities for better patient management. Doctors now have access to a wealth of information to help them obtain the diff...