Riesgo de síndrome visual de computador en relación a la utilización de dispositivos informáticos en estudiantes de la carrera de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Loja.

A quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in the period comprised between March and August of 2016 to determine the risk of Visual Computer Syndrome in relation to the use of computing devices in students of the School of Medicine of the National University of Loja. The sample was constituted by 270 students of the School of Medicine.A previously validated pilot survey was conducted for students where the following results were obtained: the cell phone with 91.11% is the most used computing device, followed by the portable computer with 90.37%.The time that students use computing devices is one to three hours of use, except for the portable computer with a time greater than 4 hours. The main annoyance indicated by medical students was visual fatigue with more than 60% for each device (cell phone 63.60%, portable computer: 71.43%, desktop computer: 63.48% and tablet: 65.59%); followed by blurred vision, burning of the eyes, neck ache, headache and back pain; each of these symptoms presented a time of less than 3 hours related to problems of ocular asthenia, visual and skeletal muscles all concerning to the Visual Computer Syndrome taking into consideration that more than 70% of medical students indicated that the discomfort disappears after said devices are used. Key words: Visual Computer Syndrome, computing devices, eye fatigue.

• Main Author: Esparza Córdova, Dalton Fabricio (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Language: spa
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: ANATOMÍA - VISIÓN; FISIOLOGÍA- OJO; SÍNDROME VISUAL COMPUTADOR
• Online Access: http://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/19524