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. 2023 Feb 18;16(2):267–273. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2023.02.14

Table 1. Percentage of optometrists' selections of childhood myopia management approaches.

Myopia management option Percentage of most common myopia treatment modality prescribed by practitioners (%)
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.