V3I5P143

Effect of Ophthalmic exercise on severity of Computer vision syndrome and Convergence insufficiency amongst IT professionals: an Experimental study

Dr. Niyatee Harshadkumar Parekh^1*, Dr. Kajal G. Chauhan²

Abstract

BACKGROUND & NEED OF STUDY: 64–90% of computer users experience symptoms of computer vision syndrome (CVS). USA indicates that 88% of people working on the computer more than 3 hours in a day suffer from symptoms of eye strain and people who are victims of computer vision syndrome experience many frustrating symptoms among this Convergence insufficiency being one of the causes for them. METHODOLOGY: The study was approved by the institutional ethical committee. A total 16 IT professionals who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were taken. Those who are Willing to participate in this study, Both male and female, Persons whose age is in between 25 to 40 years, Subjects who are working minimum 6 hours in a day and minimum 4 years of work experience, Persons who have already undergone any interventional program on eye and neck exercise, Computer users with detected eye disorders such as cataract, glaucoma, trachoma, Participants who is taking medication which has direct effect on eyes, Participants who have systematic illness were excluded. Participants were asked to fill up the form for outcome measures. In intervention different 9 types Ophthalmic exercises and ergonomic advice and in control group for 4 weeks. RESULT: The result was analysed by Wilcoxon Signed Rank tes.t Group showed highly significant improvement in convergence insufficiency (<0.001) and computer vision syndrome (0.001). Mean age was 28.18 (1.32). CONCLUSION: Ophthalmic exercise ergonomics can be considered as a non-pharmacological intervention and used for managing computer vision syndrome, convergence insufficiency among IT professionals.

Keywords:

IT professionals, Computer Vision Syndrome, Convergence insufficiency, Opthalmic exercise