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Impact of the Pressure-Free Yutori Education Program on Myopia in Japan
This study aimed to investigate the influence of educational pressure on myopia. A less-intense school curriculum was introduced nationally in Japan beginning in 2012 based on a pressure-free education policy. In this retrospective observational study, a total of 1025 Japanese medical students of As...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8472111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34575338 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10184229 |
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author | Ishiko, Satoshi Kagokawa, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Noriko Song, Youngseok Sugawara, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Hiroaki Kawamura, Yuichiro Yoshida, Akitoshi |
author_facet | Ishiko, Satoshi Kagokawa, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Noriko Song, Youngseok Sugawara, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Hiroaki Kawamura, Yuichiro Yoshida, Akitoshi |
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description | This study aimed to investigate the influence of educational pressure on myopia. A less-intense school curriculum was introduced nationally in Japan beginning in 2012 based on a pressure-free education policy. In this retrospective observational study, a total of 1025 Japanese medical students of Asahikawa Medical University underwent measurements of the cycloplegic refractive error and axial length (AL), from 2011 to 2020. The spherical equivalent (SE) and AL were correlated significantly with the fiscal year of births (p = 0.004 and p = 0.034, respectively) only during enforcement of the system of high-pressure education. The SE and AL regression rates during the two educational approaches differed significantly (p = 0.004 and p = 0.037, respectively). The prevalence of high myopia was correlated significantly (p < 0.001) only during the system of high-pressure education. The regression of the prevalence rate of high myopia during the two education approaches differed significantly (p = 0.010). The progression rates of myopia and increased prevalence of high myopia were observed only during high-pressure education, suggesting that not only ophthalmologists but also educators and the government should work on together to control the progression of myopia. |
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spelling | pubmed-84721112021-09-28 Impact of the Pressure-Free Yutori Education Program on Myopia in Japan Ishiko, Satoshi Kagokawa, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Noriko Song, Youngseok Sugawara, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Hiroaki Kawamura, Yuichiro Yoshida, Akitoshi J Clin Med Article This study aimed to investigate the influence of educational pressure on myopia. A less-intense school curriculum was introduced nationally in Japan beginning in 2012 based on a pressure-free education policy. In this retrospective observational study, a total of 1025 Japanese medical students of Asahikawa Medical University underwent measurements of the cycloplegic refractive error and axial length (AL), from 2011 to 2020. The spherical equivalent (SE) and AL were correlated significantly with the fiscal year of births (p = 0.004 and p = 0.034, respectively) only during enforcement of the system of high-pressure education. The SE and AL regression rates during the two educational approaches differed significantly (p = 0.004 and p = 0.037, respectively). The prevalence of high myopia was correlated significantly (p < 0.001) only during the system of high-pressure education. The regression of the prevalence rate of high myopia during the two education approaches differed significantly (p = 0.010). The progression rates of myopia and increased prevalence of high myopia were observed only during high-pressure education, suggesting that not only ophthalmologists but also educators and the government should work on together to control the progression of myopia. MDPI 2021-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8472111/ /pubmed/34575338 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10184229 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ishiko, Satoshi Kagokawa, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Noriko Song, Youngseok Sugawara, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Hiroaki Kawamura, Yuichiro Yoshida, Akitoshi Impact of the Pressure-Free Yutori Education Program on Myopia in Japan |
title | Impact of the Pressure-Free Yutori Education Program on Myopia in Japan |
title_full | Impact of the Pressure-Free Yutori Education Program on Myopia in Japan |
title_fullStr | Impact of the Pressure-Free Yutori Education Program on Myopia in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the Pressure-Free Yutori Education Program on Myopia in Japan |
title_short | Impact of the Pressure-Free Yutori Education Program on Myopia in Japan |
title_sort | impact of the pressure-free yutori education program on myopia in japan |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8472111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34575338 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10184229 |
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