Fifty Years Of Myopia Intervention: A Thematic Review Using QDAS

Abstract

Purpose – This paper aims to review the literature on myopia interventions from 1971 to 2020 and gives approach in the field of ophthalmology.

Design/methodology/approach – Beginning with brief introductions of the key concepts, the

Research discusses landmark studies on the subject in detail. The review process then begins by identifying and selecting relevant research papers from Mendeley database. Finally, 356 research papers are found suitable for the reviews and are examined to theoretically analyses the myopia interventions literature.

Findings – This study identifies that the majority of the interventions on myopia are surgical intervention, optical intervention, spectacle intervention and pharmacological intervention. But have not done much about study on outdoor activity on myopia.

Research limitations/implications – While the literature review may be incomplete, as it uses only a title-based advanced search, researchers and practitioners can still benefit from this simplified to have myopia intervention ‘study

Originality/value – The study introduces a generalized approach to myopia interventions

and classification related to decade wise analysis, year wise analysis, Top 10 journals focusing on myopia interventions, word cloud tree map – themes on myopia interventions, Sunburst – Authors of articles published in 2020 and Themes on Myopia intervention. and provides a bibliography from 1971 to 2020 that can be used by academics and managers.