The prevalence of refractive errors in the Middle East: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of refractive errors in the Middle East region. In this meta-analysis, a structured strategy was applied to search databases PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar, databases as well as the reference lists of the selected articles to identify cross-sectional studies assessing the prevalence of refractive errors in the Middle East region until September 2019. The outcome...