Table 1. Percentage of optometrists' selections of childhood myopia management approaches.
Myopia management option | Percentage of most common myopia treatment modality prescribed by practitioners (%) |
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1st choice | 2nd choice | 3rd choice | |
Atropine eye drops | |||
High dose (1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moderate-dose (0.05%-0.5%) | 0 | 5 | 8.3 |
Low-dose (0.01%) drops | 1.7 | 20.0 | 11.7 |
Contact lenses | |||
Competing defocus soft contact lenses (for example, Misight and distance-center multifocal) | 0 | 11.7 | 13.3 |
Overnight orthokeratology | 0 | 3.3 | 0 |
Spectacles | |||
Progressive addition spectacle lenses | 1.7 | 16.7 | 6.7 |
Bifocal spectacles | 6.7 | 13.3 | 11.7 |
Bifocal spectacles with prism | 1.7 | 3.3 | 10 |
Advice to increase time spent outdoors | 80 | 11.7 | 8.3 |
Othera | 8.3 | 15 | 30 |
aOther options involved specification of the myopia management approach by the optometrist, including vision therapy, vision training, binocular vision skills, and modifications to indoor lighting.