Genç Yetişkinlerde COVID-19 Pandemisi Dönemi Miyopi: Türkiye-Zonguldak İli Örneği

Aim: Investigating the relationship between the development and progression of myopia and digital screen time in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: This single-centered, retrospective study included 106 young adults aged 18- 25 years, followed up in January-March 2019, 2020, and 2021. The patients were divided into two groups: emmetrope and myopia according to their baseline refractive values. The association between spherical equivalent refraction (SER) values and digital screen time before and during the pandemic was evaluated. Results: The mean age of 59 patients‘ (69.5% female) in the emmetrope group was 20.7±2.0, and 20.6±2.3 years of 47 patients (68.1% female) in the myopia group (p=0.422, p=0.877, respectively). The patients were reported to spend more time on digital devices in both groups (p