Visual display terminal syndrome and its associated factors among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BACKGROUND: Ever since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, students have been spending an increasingly longer time staring at electrical devices to take online courses. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the virtual class environment on eye and muscul...
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Sage Publications Inc.
2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=174817447&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 174817447 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2024 vid: 77 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 174817447 165102223 174817447 174817447 10.3233/WOR-220265 174817447 ppf: 23 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Visual display terminal syndrome and its associated factors among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. aug: au: Kim, Hyojin Kim, Se-Jin Hwang, Sujin affil: Department of Optometry, Division of Health Science, Baekseok University, Cheonan City, South Korea sug: subj: COVID-19 Pandemic Students, College Computers and Computerization Vision Disorders Epidemiology Vision Disorders Risk Factors Musculoskeletal Diseases Risk Factors Risk Assessment Human Male Female Adolescence Adult South Korea Cross Sectional Studies Questionnaires Home Environment Screen Time Neck Pain Shoulder Pain Back Pain Sex Factors Obesity Lighting Descriptive Statistics T-Tests One-Way Analysis of Variance Logistic Regression Data Analysis Software Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: Ever since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, students have been spending an increasingly longer time staring at electrical devices to take online courses. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the virtual class environment on eye and musculoskeletal problems in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A total of 365 university students were enrolled in this study. They completed an online survey to examine the effects of online learning on eye and musculoskeletal health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaires consisted of four sections: demographic and general information, environmental and work factors, device-related factors, and visual display terminal syndrome (VDTS). RESULTS: Participants have been taking online classes of 14.5 hours per week during the COVID-19 pandemic. They reported the mean daily usage of digital devices of 4.8±2.2 hours before the pandemic but this increased to 8.1±2.9 during the pandemic. Eye fatigue and neck, shoulder, and back pain have also been reported. The mean VDTS score was significantly influenced by gender, obesity, daily exercise, regular breaks, wear of blue light-blocking glasses, daily hours of electronic device use, and illumination of room. CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that university students taking online classes suffered more from VDTS, especially in eye fatigue and neck, lower back, and shoulder pain during COVID-19 pandemic than prior. This study suggests that it is necessary to take breaks in online classes and regularly provide appropriate eye exercise and physical activity to prevent VDTS. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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