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Of 528\u202f965 primary school\u2013aged children from Anyang, 3113 were randomly selected. Of these, 268 grade 2 schoolchildren were selected and randomly assigned to SMS and control groups. Data were analyzed from June to December 2021.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Interventions<\/jats:title>Parents of children in the SMS group were sent text messages twice daily for 1 year to take their children outdoors. All children wore portable light meters to record light exposure on 3 randomly selected days (2 weekdays and 1 weekend day) before and after the intervention.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>The co\u2013primary outcomes were change in axial length (axial elongation) and change in spherical equivalent refraction (myopic shift) from baseline as measured at the end of the intervention and 3 years later. A secondary outcome was myopia prevalence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Of 268 grade 2 schoolchildren, 121 (45.1%) were girls, and the mean (SD) age was 8.4 (0.3) years. Compared with the control group, the SMS intervention group demonstrated greater light exposure and higher time outdoors during weekends, and the intervention had significant effect on axial elongation (coefficient, 0.09; 95% CI, 0.02-0.17;P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.01). Axial elongation was lower in the SMS group than in the control group during the intervention (0.27 mm [95% CI, 0.24-0.30] vs 0.31 mm [95% CI, 0.29-0.34];P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.03) and at year 2 (0.39 mm [95% CI, 0.35-0.42] vs 0.46 mm [95% CI, 0.42-0.50];P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.009) and year 3 (0.30 mm [95% CI, 0.27-0.33] vs 0.35 mm [95% CI, 0.33-0.37];P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.005) after the intervention. Myopic shift was lower in the SMS group than in the control group at year 2 (\u22120.69 diopters [D] [95% CI, \u22120.78 to \u22120.60] vs \u22120.82 D [95% CI, \u22120.91 to \u22120.73];P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.04) and year 3 (\u22120.47 D [95% CI, \u22120.54 to \u22120.39] vs \u22120.60 D [95% CI, \u22120.67 to \u22120.53];P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.01) after the intervention, as was myopia prevalence (year 2: 38.3% [51 of 133] vs 51.1% [68 of 133]; year 3: 46.6% [62 of 133] vs 65.4% [87 of 133]).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this randomized clinical trial, SMS text messages to parents resulted in lower axial elongation and myopia progression in schoolchildren over 3 years, possibly through increased outdoor time and light exposure, showing promise for reducing myopia prevalence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Trial Registration<\/jats:title>Chinese Clinical Trial Registry Identifier: 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