Editing Refractive error (section)

=== Prevention ===
Strategies being studied to slow worsening include adjusting working conditions, increasing the time children spend outdoors,<ref name="Wojciechowski 301–320" /> and special types of contact lenses.<ref name="Li2017">{{cite journal|last1=Li|first1=X|last2=Friedman|first2=IB|last3=Medow|first3=NB|last4=Zhang|first4=C|title=Update on Orthokeratology in Managing Progressive Myopia in Children: Efficacy, Mechanisms, and Concerns.|journal=Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus|date=1 May 2017|volume=54|issue=3|pages=142–148|doi=10.3928/01913913-20170106-01|pmid=28092397}}</ref> In children special contact lenses appear to slow worsening of nearsightedness.<ref name="Li2017" /><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Walline|first1=JJ|s2cid=24069302|title=Myopia Control: A Review.|journal=Eye & Contact Lens|date=January 2016|volume=42|issue=1|pages=3–8|doi=10.1097/ICL.0000000000000207|pmid=26513719}}</ref>

A number of questionnaires exist to determine [[quality of life]] impact of refractive errors and their correction.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kandel |first1=H |last2=Khadka |first2=J |last3=Goggin |first3=M |last4=Pesudovs |first4=K |date=2017 |title=Patient-reported outcomes for assessment of quality of life in refractive error: a systematic review|journal=Optometry and Vision Science |volume=94 |issue=12 |pages=1102–1119 |doi=10.1097/OPX.0000000000001143 |pmid=29095758 |s2cid=21512136 |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kandel |first1=H |last2=Khadka |first2=J |last3=Lundström |first3=M |last4=Goggin |first4=M |last5=Pesudovs |first5=K |date=2017 |title=Questionnaires for measuring refractive surgery outcomes |journal=Journal of Refractive Surgery |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=416–424 |doi=10.3928/1081597X-20170310-01|pmid=28586503 |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref>