Establishment and validation of a risk assessment model for myopia among Chinese primary school students during the COVID-19 pandemic : A lasso regression approach

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Purpose: To construct a risk assessment model for forecasting the likelihood of myopia in elementary school students.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: This study utilized convenient sampling and questionnaire survey to collect data from eligible elementary students and their parents during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic period from March to December 2020. The data were divided into training and testing sets in a 7:3 ratio. Lasso regression was employed to screen variables for inclusion in the model to establish a generalized linear model, with a nomogram model as the final result.

Results: The study included 1139 elementary students, comprising 54.5 % male and 45.5 % female participants. A total of 37 variables were obtained, which were analyzed using lasso regression. Cross-validation revealed that the best lambda value was 0.04201788. Five variables affecting myopia were identified: three risk and two protective factors. The three risk factors were student age (OR = 1.32), family location (urban vs. rural, OR = 2.33), and parents' occupation (compared with farmer: worker, OR = 2.03; teacher, OR = 1.62; medical worker, OR = 5.64; self-employed, OR = 1.78; civil servant, OR = 1.65; company employee, OR = 1.45; service industries, OR = 3.38; and others, OR = 3.20). The two protective factors were eye distance score (OR = 0.83) and eye health exercise score (OR = 0.95). The model was verified and showed good accuracy with an AUC of 0.778 and Brier score of 0.122 in addition to satisfactory clinical effects.

Conclusions: The model effectively predicted the risk of myopia in elementary school students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using this model, high-risk groups can be identified to provide a foundation for early intervention and follow-up, thereby reducing the incidence of myopia in this population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Heliyon - 9(2023), 10 vom: 24. Okt., Seite e20638

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Shijie [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lin [VerfasserIn]
He, Liangyu [VerfasserIn]
Xiong, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]
Du, Na [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Huifang [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Changjuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Lasso regression
Myopia
Nomogram
Primary school

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Date Revised 26.10.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20638

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363687130