Visual fatigue related to the use of display screens in emergency service workers
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Vision disorders, eye health, insurance, vision, (Source: DeCS)Abstract
Objective: to determine whether data visualization screens constitute a risk factor for the development of visual fatigue in health personnel of the Emergency Department of a Hospital in Quito - Ecuador. Method: Descriptive observational study. Results: When applying the CVSS17 Questionnaire and according to its scoring criteria (range between 17 and 53 points); where the higher the score, the greater the symptomatology presented by the worker, establishing then as a cut-off criterion to consider symptomatic patients a value equal to or higher than 36 points; therefore, in the study population 59.2% of people with symptoms of visual fatigue were identified and 40.8% were asymptomatic. Conclusion: It has been demonstrated that in the study population there is a risk of visual fatigue related to the use of VDUs.
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