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Volume 24 |
October - December 2008 (Part-I) |
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Evaluation of the frequency of complications of
working with computers in a group of
young adult computer usersMohammad Ghassemi- Broumand1, Mona Ayatollahi2
ABSTRACT
Objective: To evaluate the complications of working with computer in a group of students of computer sciences.
Methodology: In a descriptive-analytic study, we evaluated 150 students (58 males and 92 females) 18 to 30 years of age who worked with computers for two to twelve hours a day. The designed questionnaires were handed out to the students and the data collected were analyzed by the chi-square test.
Results: In these young adult computer users, the complications were evident when duration of using computer exceeds two hours a day. Ophthalmic complications and other complications (musculo-skeletal) were present in 26% and 14% of the computer users, respectively. The most frequent ophthalmic complication was ocular pain (41%) while the least common one was blurred near vision (5.1%). The most common non-ophthalmic complications were low back pain (42.9%) and headache (38.1%) and the least frequent one was shoulder pain (19%).
Conclusion: Young adult computer users who work on computers for more than two hours daily experience ophthalmic and musculo-skeletal complications and frequency of the complications tends to increase in those who work with computer daily.
KEY WORDS: Computers users, Ophthalmic Complications, Musculo-skeletal disorders.
Pak J Med Sci October - December 2008 (Part-I) Vol. 24 No. 5 702-706
How to cite this article:
Ghassemi- Brouman M, Ayatollahi M. Evaluation of the frequency of complications of working with computers in a group of young adult computer users. Pak J Med Sci 2008;24(5):702-6.
1. Mohammad Ghassemi- Broumand, MD
Associate professor,
Ophthalmologist,
2. Mona Ayatollahi,
Optometrist,
1-2: Shahid Beheshti University (M.C),
Damavand Ave,
Tehran - Iran.
Correspondence
Dr. Mohammad Ghassemi-Broumand MD,
Associate Professor,
Ophthalmologist, Faculty of Rehabilitation,
Shahid Beheshti University (M.C),
Damavand Ave,
Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: m_ghbr_oph@yahoo.com
* Received for Publication: December 11, 2008
* Revision Received: July 23, 2008
* Final Revision Received: July 30, 2008
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