Carmel Bouclaous, Luna Joe Azar, Nour Barmo, Ralph Daher, Jana Tabaja, Ghida El Hout, Lina Berika
Levels and Correlates of Numeracy Skills in Lebanese Adults with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study
International journal of environmental research and public health
construct risk assessment model forecasting likelihood myopia elementary school students crosssectional study study utilized convenient sampling questionnaire survey collect data eligible elementary students parents coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic period march december 2020 data divided training testing sets 73 ratio lasso regression employed screen variables inclusion model establish generalized linear model nomogram model final result study included 1139 elementary students comprising 545 male 455 female participants total 37 variables obtained analyzed using lasso regression crossvalidation revealed best lambda value 004201788 five variables affecting myopia identified three risk two protective factors three risk factors student age 132 family location urban vs rural 233 parents occupation compared farmer worker 203 teacher 162 medical worker 564 selfemployed 178 civil servant 165 company employee 145 service industries 338 others 320 two protective factors eye distance score 083 eye health exercise score 095 model verified showed good accuracy auc 0778 brier score 0122 addition satisfactory clinical effects model effectively predicted risk myopia elementary school students covid19 pandemic using model highrisk groups identified provide foundation early intervention followup thereby reducing incidence myopia population