Computer use and vision-related problems among university students in Ajman, United Arab Emirate

Shantakumari, Nisha; Eldeeb, Rasha; Sreedharan, Jayadevan; Gopal, KS Santhan

doi:10.4103/2141-9248.129058

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“…Another relevant finding was that girls had 271% more complaints and were 15.61 times more prone to reporting tension headache. Shantakumari et al 22 have also observed that females had 78% more chance of developing headache. Albers et al 19 have reported that from 22 studies on prevalence of primary headache between genders, 15 have reported higher values for females.…”

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Primary headaches among adolescents and their association with excessive computer use

Saueressig¹,

Xavier²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2015

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The use of electronic devices as entertainment and recreation means has directly affected adolescents' lives; however their excessive use may bring consequences. This study aimed at observing the prevalence of primary headaches and their possible association with excessive use of computers among adolescents. METHODS: Participated in the study 262 teenagers aged between 14 and 19 years, students of a public school, who have answered a questionnaire to evaluate socio-demographic variables, data on computer use, presence of headache symptoms and level of physical activity. Multiple models of binary and multinomial logistic regression were used to evaluate the association among variables. Significance level was 5%. RESULTS: Prevalence of headache was 87.8%. There has been no significant difference in the prevalence of headache between genders, but among classification types, tension headache was more prevalent among females (35.4%). Females aged between 12 and 15 years and excessive computer use had higher chances of reporting headache. Females have 15.61 times more chance of reporting tension headache. Adolescents reporting excessive computer use had 2.54 times more chance of reporting migraine. CONCLUSION: Results have shown high prevalence of primary headache among adolescents, being migraine the most prevalent type. Abusive computer use were considered risk factors for the development of headache.

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Primary headaches among adolescents and their association with excessive computer use

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Xavier²,

Oliveira³

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“…Kumah et al (2016) in a study tested the knowledge of respondents regarding computer ergonomics and found that most (70%) of the workers acknowledged not having knowledge of ergonomics related to computer use practices. Shantakumari et al (2012) in a study also reported that only 44 % students were aware of computer ergonomics. In the present study also students were questioned about their knowledge of work behavior while using computer/laptop and the results (Table 2) reveal that majority (65 %) of the girls considered adjustable height of table and chair as very important whereas, majority of the boys (51.66 %) considered it somewhat important.…”

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Knowledge of computer ergonomics and incidence of musculoskeletal disorders among students of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

Bisht

Bakhshi

2018

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Knowledge of computer ergonomics and incidence of musculoskeletal disorders among students of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India Deepika Bisht* and Rupa Bakhshi Department of Family Resource Management, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), INDIA *Corresponding author. E-mail: deepshelly@gmail.com : September 11, 2017; Revised received: November 6, 2017; Accepted: February 6, 2018 Abstract: Each year, thousands of individuals are diagnosed with an illness directly related to poorly designed workstations, and among these are Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs). MSDs are the repeated trauma and deterioration of the tissues, joint, tendons, and nerves that affect the muscles and supporting structures of the body, caused by the work nature or by an employee's working environment (Bernard 1997). The prevalence of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSD's) is increasing among Computer users throughout the world. Approximately 76% of Computer professionals from India reported musculoskeletal discomfort in various epidemiological studies. So, the present study was undertaken to study computer/laptop use pattern and knowledge of related ergonomic practices among students of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India and to assess the prevalence and magnitude of computer/laptop use related MSDs among students. 120 students pursuing post-graduation were selected randomly from the four different disciplines namely College of Agriculture, College of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities and College of Home Science of PAU. Results revealed that majority of the respondents were in the age group of 26-27 years. They were using computer/laptop for 3-4 years, for 3-4 hours daily and they used to sit in bed while working on computer/laptop. Majority of the respondents had some knowledge about the importance of work behavior while using computer/laptop. Most of the total respondents felt pain in the neck (88.32%), lower back (75.00%), mid back (73.33%) and upper back (72.50%) while working on computer/laptop. Overall bodily fatigue or tiredness, shoulder or back pain/stiffness and headache during or after working on the computer were the major symptoms as reported by respondents. Received

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“…Shantakumari et al, reported that the students were facing symptoms due to improper viewing distances from computer screen, filters not being placed on the screens and using computer without taking frequent breaks and some of them prevented by taking breaks, Using of screen filters [19].…”

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Frequency of Computer Vision Syndrome & Ergonomic Practices among Computer Engineering Students

2016

IJSR

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The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of CVS & related ergonomic practices among computer engineering students. A cross sectional study was conducted among computer engineering students of Superior University. A self-administrated questionnaire to assess computer vision syndrome and UC computer checklist was used. Simple randomized technique was used. A Sample of 170 computer engineering students was taken from a population of 1250 students of computer engineering department. All collected data were entered in computer program SPSS version 20 and analyzed through this software. For categorical variable frequency and percentage were used and for discrete variables mean and standard deviation were used. The frequency of CVS was found to be 72.4% (123/170). Average duration of computer use was 2-5 hours by most of the students (n=109, 64.1%). About 45.9% (78/170) students were using computers more than 50 hours a week. (70.0%) students reported forward leaning posture to clearly see characters on the screen situation. Regarding the back posture out of 170only 28 (16.5%) students were employing Good Posture. This study concludes that computer vision syndrome is a highly frequent condition among computer engineering students. The results of selfreported ergonomic analysis of computer use revealed that majority of the students were not practicing the correct ergonomic principles.

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Computer use and vision-related problems among university students in Ajman, United Arab Emirate

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Primary headaches among adolescents and their association with excessive computer use

Primary headaches among adolescents and their association with excessive computer use

Knowledge of computer ergonomics and incidence of musculoskeletal disorders among students of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

Frequency of Computer Vision Syndrome & Ergonomic Practices among Computer Engineering Students

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