Mark Pearson, Louisa Long, Charley Baker, Dan Doran, Alan Pringle
"It's really important work…and celebrating that, I think, is really important" - co-produced qualitative research into future of mental health nurse education
International journal of mental health nursing
global prevalence myopia increasing significant proportion affected young individuals particularly countries cities relatively developed education asiapacific region trend highlights need effective interventions address rising prevalence myopia adolescents objective study evaluate efficacy safety orthokeratology lenses management adolescent myopia comprehensive metaanalysis comprehensive search conducted four databases identify relevant clinical controlled trials analysis focused studies 95 confidence interval ci either relative risk mean difference heterogeneity research results assessed using i2 statistic total eight studies included metaanalysis findings indicated use orthokeratology lenses okl adolescents myopia associated significant reductions axial length smd 025 95 ci 031 019 i2 187 p 01 refractive errors smd 322 95 ci 284 361 i2 00 p 01 adverse reactions 137 95 ci 071 265 i2 58 p 05 compared control group results study suggest orthokeratology lenses okl may effective managing myopia adolescents evidenced reductions axial length refractive errors adverse reactions however future research include large sample sizes multicenter studies low risk bias exploring underlying mechanisms basic medical research