Causes of Myopia
User reported causes of Myopia based on their intuition.
Cause | Agree |
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Computer Use | 89% |
Family History | 79% |
Lots of Reading or Close Work | 66% |
Premature Birth | 5% |
Treatments
User-reported effectiveness in treating Myopia
Treatment | Major Improvement | Moderate Improvement | Much Worse | No Effect | Worse | Responses |
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Healthy Diet | 0% | 12% | 0% | 88% | 0% | 26 |
Avoid Smoking | 0% | 11% | 0% | 84% | 5% | 19 |
Glasses | 87% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 46 |
Contact Lenses | 59% | 26% | 0% | 7% | 7% | 27 |
Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implant | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3 |
Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 |
Thyroid Medication | 20% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 0% | 5 |
Use Good Light When Reading or Doing Close Work | 10% | 40% | 0% | 50% | 0% | 30 |
Protect Eyes From Sun | 0% | 15% | 0% | 85% | 0% | 27 |
Outcomes
Below is the degree of change seen after Myopia is higher than average.

Predictors
Below is the change in Myopia seen after the predictor is higher than average.

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Myopia Info
Property | Value |
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Variable Name | Myopia |
Aggregation Method | MEAN |
Analysis Performed At | 2020-03-02 |
Duration of Action | 24 hours |
Maximum Allowed Value | 5 out of 5 |
Minimum Allowed Value | 1 out of 5 |
Number of Aggregate Predictors | 0 |
Number of Aggregate Outcomes | 0 |
Number of Measurements | 0 |
Number of Measurements (including those generated by tagged, joined, or child variables) | 0 |
Public | true |
Onset Delay | 0 seconds |
Unit | 1 to 5 Rating |
User Variables | 0 |
Variable Category | Symptoms |
Variable ID | 86871 |