THE PREVALENCE AND PERCEPTION OF COMPUTER VISION SYNDROME AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS

*Neema P. J. and Silji Sebastian

ABSTRACT

In present era, computer became a part of life and prolonged exposure to computer screen can put a real strain on our eyes and disturbance in musculoskeletal system. This is called “computer vision syndrome.” A quantitative study was aimed to assess the prevalence and level of perception of computer vision syndrome among engineering students, to find the association between prevalence of computer vision syndrome among engineering students and selected demographic variables and find the association between perception regarding computer vision syndrome among engineering students and selected demographic variables. The study covered 100 computer science engineering student from AISAT Engineering College, Ernakulam. Data was collected using g a checklist and Likert scale. Descriptive survey design was used to conduct the study. Results showed that prevalence of computer vision syndrome was 77%. Out of 100 sample, 89% of sample had poor perception and 11% had good perception regarding computer vision syndrome. There was an association between prevalence of computer vision syndrome among engineering students and selected demographic variables like year of study (ꭓ2 = 10.56, p value = 0.04) and type of device used (ꭓ2 = 8.75, p value = 0.03) and there was no significant association between perception regarding computer vision syndrome among engineering students and selected demographic variables. The study was concluded that computer vision syndrome was found to be very frequent among the computer science students, which emphasizes the need to adopt some preventive measures to avoid the conditions.

Keywords: computer vision syndrome; perception; prevalence.