the Effect of Low-Concentration Atropine Combined With Auricular Acupoint Stimulation in Myopia Control

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To compare the effect of myopia control between patients treated with low-concentration atropine eye drops combined with auricular acupoint stimulation and those treated with atropine alone.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
• Treatments: Atropine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children aged from 6 to 12 years with myopia, defined as spherical equivalent (SE) of -0.5 diopter (D) or less, were recruited from the outpatient clinics from January 2011 to June 2012.

Exclusion Criteria:

• (1) abnormal IOP (>21 mmHg) at presentation, (2) astigmatism or anisometropia of more than 1.5 D, (3) amblyopia or strabismus, (4) the presence of any related eyelid diseases, ocular diseases, or auricular diseases, (5) the presence of hemostatic disorders or other related major systemic diseases, (6) history of allergy to atropine, (7) previous or current use of contact lenses, bifocals, progressive lenses, or other forms of treatment for myopia.