This research was also able to identify a number of things that patience is not; specifically, patience is not just the opposite of impatience, delay of gratification, or self-regulation of emotion. The evidence for the effects of patience, though limited, seems to reflect both positive and negative outcomes.
Using the same method, in 1999â2004, myopia prevalence was estimated to have climbed to 41.6%. A study of 2,523 children in grades 1 to 8 (age, 5â17 years) found nearly one in 10 (9.2%) have at least â 0.75 diopters of myopia.
This is called presbyopia. Presbyopia Is Normal. As I always tell my patients, âpresbyopia affects the very best of us.â This syndrome is referred to as the âover 40 vision syndrome.â Yes, it is linked to age, but one shouldnât feel that they are simply losing their eyesight. Presbyopia is a normal process. Hundreds of years ago, the average lifespan was nearly 40. As a result, presbyopia never became a problem. As our average lifespan had increased to nearly 80 years of age, presbyopia has become a very real problem that affects our daily lives.