Prediction of no increase in myopia in rural students with low educational facilities compared to urban areas during the covid-19 epidemic in Iran

The beginning of the coronavirus epidemic was in China, this epidemic changed the lifestyle in different countries. One of the most significant changes was in the field of education. Many educations around the world have changed to non-face-to-face and virtual. Students were forced to spend too much time at home looking at digital screens. Long-term presence in the closed environment of houses led to many problems, including obesity, mental and intellectual problems, and most importantly, the increase in the incidence of myopia. In the meantime, students in rural and low-income areas were forced to attend in-person education in schools due to the lack of non-attendance education facilities. We believe that the mentioned problems, including myopia, in these people are due to exposure to risk factors that were less in the other group.