High frequency of digital eye strain and dry eye disease in teleworkers during the coronavirus disease (2019) pandemic

Primer Autor
Cartes, Cristian
Co-autores
Salinas-Toro, Daniela
Segovia, Christian
Alonso, Maria Jesus
Soberon, Begona
Sepulveda, Maritza
Zapata, Claudia
Yanez, Patricio
Traipe, Leonidas
Goya, Claudia
Flores, Patricia
Lopez, Daniela
Lopez, Remigio
Título
High frequency of digital eye strain and dry eye disease in teleworkers during the coronavirus disease (2019) pandemic
Editorial
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Revista
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS
Lenguaje
en
Resumen
Objectives. This study aimed to evaluate visual display terminal (VDT)-related digital eye strain (ES) and dry eye disease (DED) symptoms in subjects whose work was changed to teleworking (TW) during the coronavirus pandemic. Methods. A digital self-reported survey was conducted on subjects in TW, including demographics, medical history, VDT time and ES-related symptoms before and during the pandemic and DED (dry eye questionnaire 5 [DEQ-5] questionnaire). Results. A total of 1797 questionnaires were analyzed. Mean age was 40.5 (SD 11.1) years, and 69.9% were female. The mean number of TW weeks was 10.2 (SD 3.0). The total VDT total hours increased from 7.4 (SD 3.3) to 9.5 (SD 3.3) (p < 0.001). All ES symptoms presented a significant increase (p < 0.001). The mean DEQ-5 score was 8.3 (SD 4.9). The oldest group presented lower values, and women had a higher score (p < 0.001). Additionally, 28.6% of the subjects were classified with severe DED, and the variables associated with a logistic regression model were total VDT hours, female gender, refractive surgery, rosacea, depression, previous DED, keratoconus and blepharitis. Conclusions. The number of VDT hours seemed to be a relevant factor for increase in ES symptoms and a high prevalence of DED during the pandemic period.
Tipo de Recurso
artículo original
doi
10.1080/10803548.2021.1936912
Formato Recurso
PDF
Palabras Claves
dry eye disease
digital eye strain
COVID-19
teleworking
visual display terminal
SENSITIVITY
PREVALENCE
SCREEN
WORK
HOME
AGE
Ubicación del archivo
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2021.1936912
Categoría OCDE
Ergonomía
Salud pública
ambiental y ocupacional
Materias
enfermedad del ojo seco
fatiga ocular digital
COVID-19
teletrabajo
terminal de visualización visual
SENSIBILIDAD
PREVALENCIA
PANTALLA
TRABAJO
CASA
EDAD
Disciplinas de la OCDE
Oftalmología
Salud Pública y Ambiental
Otros Temas de Medicina Clínica
Título de la cita (Recomendado-único)
High frequency of digital eye strain and dry eye disease in teleworkers during the coronavirus disease (2019) pandemic
Página de inicio (Recomendado-único)
1787
Página final (Recomendado-único)
1792
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)
artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)
version publicada
Condición de la licencia (Recomendado-repetible)
0
Derechos de acceso
metadata
Access Rights
metadata
Id de Web of Science
WOS:000670462400001
Colecciones
Colección Publicaciones Científicas
Estadísticas del documento
0 visitas
Métricas externas
Altmetric
Dimensions