목적: 최근 근시진행 억제를 위한 방법으로 대두되고 있는 Myopia Control 렌즈를 단초점렌즈 착용자와 비교하여 임상적인 근시조절 효과를 연구하고자 한다. 방법: 대구 경북 지역의 8~15세 근시안 56명(112안)을 대상으로 굴절이상도, 안축장, 폭주 근점, 조절 근점을 기준시점, 1개월, 6개월 후 총 3회 측정하여 비교하였다. 결과: 굴절이상도는 SV렌즈보다 MC렌즈를 착용하였을 때 등가 구면굴절력의 진행이 억제 및 완화되었으며, 안축장도 MC렌즈를 착용하였을 때 안축장 진행이 유의하게 억제 및 지연되었다(p<0.05). 폭주 근점은 SV렌즈보다 MC렌즈를 착용하였을 때 가까워졌고 폭주력이 개선되었으며, 조절 근점은 MC렌즈를 착용하였을 때 가까워졌으며, 조절력이 유의하게 개선되었다(p<0.05). 결론: 학령기 아동 청소년의 근시진행에 있어서 SV렌즈에 비해 MC렌즈가 근시의 진행을 완화시킬 수 있음을 보여주었다. MC렌즈는 증가하고 있는 많은 근시안 아동 청소년의 근시진행 억제에 유용한 치료법으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.
Purpose: This paper was to study the clinical effects of moderating myopia by comparing the myopia control lens, which was being recently recognized as a method of inhibiting the progression of myopia, with the wearers of single vision lens. Methods: Using 56 subjects between the ages of 8-15 years (112 eyes) with myopia in the areas of City of Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk Province as study subjects, refractive error, axial length, near point of convergence and accommodative near point were measured and compared a total of 3 times at the baseline, after 1-month and after 6-months. Results: For refractive error, suppression and mitigation were seen in the progression of spherical equivalent when MC lens was worn, as compared to using SV lens, and, when axial length MC lens was worn, the axial progression was significantly suppressed and delayed (p < 0.05). The near point of convergence became shorter with the use of MC lens, and the amplitude of convergence was improved when MC lens was worn. Accommodative near point became shorter with the use of MC lens, and focus ability was significantly improved (p <0.05). Conclusions: It was shown that MC lens, compared to SV lens, could alleviate myopia progression in school-age children and youth. It is considered that MC lens can be used as a useful therapy for the inhibition of myopia progression in the increasing number of myopic children and adolescents.
