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The Effect of Online Learning on Myopia Progression

Authors
Wahju Ratna Martiningsih1, *, Swasty Swasty1, Mega Pandu Arfiyanti1, Ika Dyah Kurniati1
1Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, 50273, Indonesia
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Wahju Ratna Martiningsih
Available Online 3 July 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-760-1_7How to use a DOI?
Keywords
myopia; refractive status; online learning; screen time
Abstract

During the COVID-19 epidemic, online learning serves as an alternative solution due to its accessibility from any location and at any time. Prolonged utilization of digital devices results in many ocular problems, with refractive error being the most prevalent. Medical students have a significant risk of developing myopia due to prolonged reading and other near-vision tasks. This study examines the effect of online learning on refraction status. This research, conducted from December 2022 to January 2023, utilizes observational analytics and a cross-sectional methodology. The sample comprised students from the Faculty of Medicine at Muhammadiyah University of Semarang, specifically from the classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021, selected by a simple random sampling method. Before the epidemic, 41 students were emmetropic, whereas 41 were myopic. We used the Mann-Whitney test to compare the refractive status of participants before and during online learning. The re-spondents’ myopic refractive state rose by 23 (56.1%), while their emmetropic status grew by 2 (4.9%). The research demonstrated a substantial disparity in negative spherical diopters between myopic and emmetropic groups, with a p-value of 0.001 (<0.05). Online learning affects refractive status, by increasing myopia.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd Lawang Sewu International Symposium on Medical and Health Sciences (LEWIS-MHS 2024)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
3 July 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-760-1
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2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-760-1_7How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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