The The Relationship of Color Perception Disorder and Computer Vision Syndrome in Medical Students
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Computer Vision Syndrome, Medical Student, Color Perception Disorder
Abstract
Introduction: Computers have become an important part of modern life. Students are the example of computer users in educational environment. Long-term use of computer or video display terminal (VDT) causes a group of disorders called computer vision syndrome (CVS), which characterized by ocular, visual, and musculoskeletal symptoms. Impaired color perception is one of the symptoms of CVS. Blue light exposure from the VDT screen damages retinal photoreceptor cells and has a bad impact for people in carrying out their daily activities. This study aims to determine the relationship between color perception disorder and CVS in medical students. Method: This is a prospective analytic observational study with a cross sectional approach, conducted in Denpasar Bali from October 2019 until January 2020. The sample of this study is the fifth semester medical students, with total of 217 students. the relationship between CVS and color perception disorder were analyzed by bivariate and multivariate technique, controlled by age, gender and duration of computer use. Results: This study shows 56,7% students with CVS, which 18,70% of them experienced color perception disorders. The analysis showed that individual with CVS had 2,47x higher risk of color perception disorder, compared to non-CVS individual (p=0,025). Conclusions: The conclusion of this study is there is a changing in color perception that occurs in individual with CVS. We suggest further research on subjects with wides age range and other type of occupation which exposed to phototoxic radiation.
Keywords: Computer vision syndrome, Color perception disorder, Medical student
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