An analysis of evidence-based information required to manage myopia in practice has been published in the College of Optometrists’ Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics journal.
The literature analysis, ‘Myopia control 2020: Where are we and where we heading?’, provides a range of critically evaluated safety and efficacy considerations for behavioural, optics and pharmaceutical myopia management pathways.
Authors Dr Kathryn Richdale and Dr Mark Bullimore explained that the paper addresses topics such as who to manage, strengths of methodologies and when to modify or stop care.
‘Management of an individual child should be underpinned by the evidence-based literature and clinicians must stay alert for ongoing myopia research. This will undoubtedly result in the evolution of the standard of care for the myopic and pre-myopic child,’ the authors said.
The review also supported a call for ophthalmology and optometry to determine a collaborative framework and referral patterns in the interest of prevention, education and proactively addressing associated pathology.
The paper was supported by an educational grant from CooperVision.