Guido Biele, Ratib Lekhal, Kristin R Overgaard, Mari Vaage Wang, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen, Svein Friis, Pål Zeiner
The effect of special educational assistance in early childhood education and care on psycho-social difficulties in elementary school children
Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
preventive parental behavior may play important role outcomes childrens myopia investigated associations parental behavior childrens myopia status daily activities using data recent myopia survey taiwan total 3845 children aged 3 18 years completely responded questionnaire included total score ranging 0 75 score 50 considered indicate beneficial parental behavior time allocation data nearwork activities using electronic devices outdoor activities collected using separate selfreported questionnaire associations beneficial parental behavior childrens myopia status activity patterns analyzed stratified school level beneficial parental behavior positively associated childrens myopia overall samples adj odds ratio 131 95 confidence interval ci 108159 p 0006 elementary school level adj 143 95 ci 111183 p 0005 however negative association high myopia observed overall samples adj 071 95 ci 050099 p 0049 high school level adj 062 95 ci 041092 p 002 beneficial parental behavior associated less time spent near work 180 minday electronic device use 60 minday outdoor activities taiwan childrens myopia associated higher rate parents beneficial behaviors suggests regular vision surveillance necessary promote better parental behavior toward childrens eye care certain parental practices may influence childrens behavior pattern reduce risk childrens high myopia development long run