Determinants of Computer Vision Syndrome among Bank Employees in Minia City, Egypt | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine | ||
| Article 7, Volume 36, Issue 4, October 2018, Pages 70-76 PDF (368.79 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2018.22998 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: There is growing body of evidence that use of computers can adversely affect the visual health. Objective: To study the frequency and risk factors of computer vision syndrome (CVS) among bank employees in Minia. Method: Community-based crosssectional study of 218 bank employees who work on computer for at least one year preceding the date of the study. Two hundred and eighteen (218) computer workers working in seven different banks were selected randomly. Subjects were asked to fill a pre-tested structured questionnaire, and other relevant information was obtained by personal interview and inspection of workstation. Results: Among the 218 subjects studied, 85.2% suffer from ocular complaints. Headache (24.8%), eye strain (20.2%), diminution of vision (16.9%) were the most common ocular complaints and they have significant associations in subjects working for more than 4 hours, keeping a distance less than 20 inch from the computer, who do not take breaks and do not adjust the brightness. Conclusions: Prevalence of CVS was noted to be quite high among bank employee. Headache, eye strain, diminution of vision, blurred vision, double vision, itching and burning sensation were the factors independently associated with CVS. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| computer vision syndrome; bank employees; prevalence; Minia | ||
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