Estimation of Risk Factors for Computer Vision Syndrome and Impact of Clinical Pharmacist

Abstract

Computer use has become ingrained in our daily lives. The increased usage of computers has resulted in an increase in the number of people suffering from ocular symptoms that have been labelled as computer vision syndrome (CVS). It's impossible to pinpoint a single etiologic element that produces computer vision syndrome; instead, it's a complex mix of factors. It is a prospective, interventional study conducted on online carried out from December (2020) to may (2021). Data collected from online Google forms and the sample size enrolled in the study was 236. According to our study we come to know that males (62.1%) are more affected than females (37.9%) and 20-30 years age category subjects are more affected than 31- 40 years and also students are more affected when compared to females. The most common symptoms the most common symptoms that we observed in our study are eye burning, eye itching, watery eyes, blurred vision and dryness of eyes all these are ocular symptoms. Among extraocular symptoms most common are neck pain, back pain, headache, shoulder pain. The responses what we received are 236 members out of these 97 members are lack of knowledge while handling the computers, so after those who are having poor knowledge we provided a patient information leaflet and suggested them to follow the tips for 28 day period. After 28 day period 75% of the computer users gained knowledge.