Associations between Poor Vision, Vision-Related Behaviors and Mathematics Achievement in Chinese Students from the CNAEQ-PEH 2015

Sijia Wang, Xingjie Hao, Xiao Ma, Yong Yu, Lili Wu, Yan Wang and Youfa Li
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Sijia Wang: Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Xingjie Hao: Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Xiao Ma: Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Yong Yu: Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Lili Wu: Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Yan Wang: Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Youfa Li: Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 22, 1-18

Abstract: Purpose : Poor vision is prevalent in school-aged students, especially in East Asia. This can not only cause irreversibly physical health impairments like glaucoma and cataracts, but also the loss of individual education and employment opportunities and deterioration of the quality of life. The present study aims to investigate the associations between poor vision, vision-related risk behaviors, and mathematics achievement in youth from China. Methods : The present study included a total of 106,192 Grade 4 students and 70,236 Grade 8 students from the China National Assessment of Educational Quality-Physical Education & Health 2015 (CNAEQ-PEH 2015). We conducted a standard logarithmic visual acuity scale for vision screening, a self-reported questionnaire for vision-related risk behavior and a standardized mathematics assessment for mathematics performance. Poor vision is defined as the visual acuity below 5.0 by using the standard logarithmic visual acuity chart. Linear regression was conducted. Results : The prevalence rate of poor vision in China was 37.1% in Grade 4 and 66.2% in Grade 8 in 2015. Students who had poor vision were more likely to have better mathematics achievement than those with normal vision. Reading in bed, insufficient sleep, and screen time during weekdays and weekends were associated with higher odds of poor vision. Conclusions : Poor vision was positively associated with mathematics academic achievements, while vision-related risk behaviors such as screen time, homework time and reading in bed were associated with a high prevalence of poor vision in compulsory education cycle students.

Keywords: vision health; primary school students; mathematics achievement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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