AIM: To observe the effect of Esculin and Digitalisglycosides Eye drops on the accommodation function of juvenile myopia.

METHODS: Totally 158 cases of myopia with an average age of 15.22±0.96 years old were selected between June 2011 and July 2011, including 66 males and 92 females, with mean refractive diopter -4.46±1.31D. Based on pupil dilation and medical optometry, the patients wore corrective glasses, and then they were divided into experimental group 72 patients, and control group 86 patients. The experimental group was used Esculin and Digitalisglycosides Eye drops 3 times a day for both eyes, 30 days a course, and reviewed every two weeks to evaluate the amplitude of accommodation, accommodative lag, accommodative sensitivity, positive and negative relative accommodation, and the data obtained were analyzed using ANOVA.

RESULTS: Theaccommodative sensitivity in the experimental group was obviously improved compared with that in control group, and the difference was statistically significant(left eye:F=6.342,P<0.05; right eye: F=7.966, P<0.05; both eyes: F=6.922,P<0.05). The negative relative accommodation in the experimental group was obviously improved compared with that in control group, and the difference was statistically significant(F=6.102,P<0.05). There was no significant difference in refractive diopter between the two groups(F=2.361,P>0.05).

CONCLUSION: Esculin and Digitalisglycosides Eye drops can effectively improve the accommodation function of juvenile myopia.