[Clinical practice guideline of integrative Chinese and western medicine for myopia in children].

Myopia in children shows a trend of high incidence and younger age. To standardize the integrated Chinese and western medicine methods of diagnosis, classification, prevention and control of myopia in children, as well as to improve the prevention and control effectiveness, the Chinese Association of Integration Medicine, China Association of Chinese Medicine and Chinese Medical Association have gathered relevant experts to investigate clinical problems, retrieve, screen, extract and synthesize evidence, and form expert consensus opinions in accordance with the requirements of evidence-based medicine methodology. The diagnosis and treatment guideline for integrated Chinese and western medicine for myopia prevention and control in children includes recommendations on how to effectively delay the occurrence of myopia in healthy children, avoid the development of pseudomyopia to myopia, delay the development of low myopia to high myopia, prevent and treat complications of high myopia. Eye health-related behavior monitoring and correction, acupuncture, transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation, optics, and medications are introduced. This guideline can provide guidance not only for medical professionals and technical personnel in clinical and scientific research practice, but also for the myopic, pseudomyopic, premyopic and healthy population in preventing and controlling myopia.