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Self assessment

Myopia Risk Awareness Tool

A short set of questions about the factors associated with faster myopia progression in children. It produces an awareness score, not a diagnosis, and every result ends in a recommendation to have the child examined.

Myopia progresses because the eyeball elongates, and the length it reaches by adulthood permanently affects lifetime risk of retinal disease. The factors below are the ones associated with faster progression.

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Self assessment questions

1.How old is your child?

2.How long ago did they first need glasses for distance?

Earlier onset is associated with more total progression.

3.Has the prescription increased at each of the last two visits?

4.Do either or both parents wear glasses for distance?

5.Roughly how long does your child spend outdoors on a typical day?

Around two hours a day is consistently associated with slower progression.

6.How many hours a day are spent on close work and screens outside school?

7.Is your child currently on any myopia control treatment?

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