Effect of 0.01% Atropine on diopter and optic axis in adolescents and children with myopia
Liping Xia, Hongwei Zhao, Yuan Wang
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 0.01% Atropine eye drops on diopter and optic axis in adolescents and children with myopia. A total of 164 children with myopia were randomly divided into two groups, Group A and Group B with 82 patients in each group, according to the digital table method. Group A was treated with 0.01% Atropine eye drops, while Group B was treated with single vision lenses. Before the treatment, there was no significant difference in diopter and axial length between the two groups (P=0.624 and P=0.123). After 12 months of treatment, the diopter and axial length of Group A were lower than those of Group B (P < 0.001 and P = 0.005). There were no obvious adverse reactions during corrective therapy in the two groups. The results show that compared with single vision lenses, 0.01% Atropine is more effective in correcting myopia, and may control the increase of optic axis in adolescents and children with myopia, in a better way, with high safety..