Incidence of eye problems in children aged 3–6 years during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
In the cohort of children aged 3-6 years, the overall incidence of eye problems and incidence of myopia, astigmatism and anisometropia was lower in 2023, together with higher incidence of hyperopia in 2023. Incidence of astigmatism was much higher than that of other types of eye problems. More efforts should be made to lower the incidence of astigmatism in pre-school children, as well as understand the underlying mechanism on the impact of COVID-19 on the eye health of pre-school children.
Authors
- M Wang
- X. Y. Chen
- Ying Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5880-6507)
- Yunrong Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3255-1283)
- Mingyue Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4719-1911)
- Yu Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-8947)
- Rong Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-3237)
- Peiling Cai
- Peng Ye
Institutions
- Chengdu Medical College (CN)
- Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Sichuan Province (CN)
- Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University (CN)
- Chengdu University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1620391
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00