Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of myopia in children and young adults and to correlate its association with duration spent in front of computer screens. Method: The study was conducted on 200 individuals between the age group of 07-25 years at a tertiary care hospital in Ahmedabad after taking consent. Detailed history taking and ocular examination were carried out. All the study participants were provided a self-structured questionnaire to determine the associated socioeconomic and ecological risk factors. Result: Out of the 200 participants examined during the 1.5 month study period, 57 children (28.5%) were found to have myopia. Of these majority (56.14%) were females with maximum number of children (36.84%) in the age group of 11-15 years. Presence of excess screen time (>4 hours/day) was noted in 54.49% children with a simultaneous reduced outdoor activity time. Maximum screen exposure was noted for smartphones and tablets (81.45%) followed by computers (12.28%) and least for television (5.26%). Also, among other risk factors , positive family history (47.37%) was found to have a significant association with prevalence of myopia in our study. Conclusion: A significant association is noted between increased screen time and the occurrence of myopia in young individuals.

Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of myopia in children and young adults and to correlate its association with duration spent in front of computer screens. Method: The study was conducted on 200 individuals between the age group of 07-25 years at a tertiary care hospital in Ahmedabad after taking consent. Detailed history taking and ocular examination were carried out. All the study participants were provided a self-structured questionnaire to determine the associated socioeconomic and ecological risk factors. Result: Out of the 200 participants examined during the 1.5 month study period, 57 children (28.5%) were found to have myopia. Of these majority (56.14%) were females with maximum number of children (36.84%) in the age group of 11-15 years. Presence of excess screen time (>4 hours/day) was noted in 54.49% children with a simultaneous reduced outdoor activity time. Maximum screen exposure was noted for smartphones and tablets (81.45%) followed by computers (12.28%) and least for television (5.26%). Also, among other risk factors , positive family history (47.37%) was found to have a significant association with prevalence of myopia in our study. Conclusion: A significant association is noted between increased screen time and the occurrence of myopia in young individuals.