Prevalence of computer vision syndrome among higher secondary level students in Mechingar-6, Kakarvita, Jhapa, Nepal

Abstract

World-wide trend of life style is shifting towards the use digital devices. Students nowadays spend significant time on computer and smart phone for knowledge, entertainment and communication purposes. This tendency of excessive use of digital devices can cause ocular and visual problem commonly known as computer vision syndrome. Individuals with this problem present with symptoms like headache, neck pain, shoulder pain, backache, eyestrain, sore eyes, redness, watering, burning sensation, and blurred vision which can decrease work efficiency and occupational productivity. This study focuses on the study of prevalence of CVS among higher secondary level students associating with different variable of use of laptop, desktop and smart phone. The research is designed for quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study in higher secondary level students of Kakarvitta-6, Jhapa, a far eastern city of Nepal. The sample size of the study is 310. Self-administered technique is deployed for the collection of data. The study found 84.5 percent of the student have CVS with 64.8 percent student spending more than an hour on-screen on the laptop, desktop and smart phone. CVS distribution and average on screen time on electronic device shows significant association. Resulting that student have more than an hour on-screen in electronic device have more like to have CVS.