An ophthalmologist spoke about the prevalence of myopia among teenagers

Most Russian teenagers over 17 years of age have varying degrees of myopia.

In the Ural Children Eye Study, conducted in Ufa, myopia was detected in 46.2% of children aged 6–18 years; among adolescents 17 years and older, the figure reached 65.6%.

Researchers found that myopia was associated with age, a parental history of myopia, more time in school, reading and phone use, and less time outdoors.

MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. The majority of Russian teenagers over 17 years of age have varying degrees of myopia, said an assistant at the Department of Ophthalmology. Nesterov Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pirogov University, Ministry of Health of Russia Angelina Kazantseva.

“In a large study, the Ural Children Eye Study, conducted in Ufa in 2019-2022 among 4933 children aged 6-18 years, myopia was detected in 46.2% of those examined. Among adolescents 17 years of age and older, the figure reached 65.6%, and high myopia (-6 diopters and more - ed.) was found in 4.6%,” Kazantseva said in an interview with "Gazeta.Ru".