Home confinement and distance learning significantly increased the number of hospital visits for myopia at a university hospital in Istanbul, although no correlation was found with myopia progression.
The increasing prevalence of myopia is a major public health issue worldwide. Global estimates suggest a burden of 5 billion people affected by 2050. Home confinement and implementation of long-lasting remote learning techniques due to the pandemic have increased digital screen time while substantially decreasing time spent outdoors.
“In Turkey, in-person education was suspended in all