2017
Yes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615392/
Lagrèze, Wolf A
North America
Europe
Asia
Australia
South America
Africa
Observational
Epidemiology Study
Lighting
Vision
The risk of myopia is lowered by exposure to day-
light and increased by activities performed at short visual
distances (close-up work). A person with little exposure to
daylight has a fivefold risk of developing myopia, which
can rise as high as a 16-fold risk if that person also
performs close-up work. Two meta-analyses and a large
randomized clinical trial from Asia have shown that the
progression of myopia over two years of observation can
be lessened by up to 0.71 diopters by the administration of
atropine eye drops in a concentration that has practically
no serious side effects. At higher doses, myopia prog-
resses more severely than in the placebo group after the
cessation of therapy. This is an off-label treatment. A
weaker effect on progression has been shown for multi -
focal optical corrections that include both a distance
correction and a correction for near vision
light and increased by activities performed at short visual
distances (close-up work). A person with little exposure to
daylight has a fivefold risk of developing myopia, which
can rise as high as a 16-fold risk if that person also
performs close-up work. Two meta-analyses and a large
randomized clinical trial from Asia have shown that the
progression of myopia over two years of observation can
be lessened by up to 0.71 diopters by the administration of
atropine eye drops in a concentration that has practically
no serious side effects. At higher doses, myopia prog-
resses more severely than in the placebo group after the
cessation of therapy. This is an off-label treatment. A
weaker effect on progression has been shown for multi -
focal optical corrections that include both a distance
correction and a correction for near vision