Revathy, C (2013) Effectiveness of ophthalmic exercises upon computer vision syndrome among Information Technology (IT) professionals. Masters thesis, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
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Abstract
An Experimental Study was Conducted to Assess the Effectiveness of Ophthalmic Exercises Upon Computer Vision Syndrome among Information Technology (IT) professionals in selected IT industries at Chennai. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the symptoms of visual disturbances before and after demonstration of ophthalmic exercises in control and experimental group of IT professionals. 2. To determine the effectiveness of ophthalmic exercises before and after demonstration by comparing the visual disturbance in control and experimental group of IT professionals. 3. To identify the level of satisfaction regarding ophthalmic exercises upon computer vision syndrome in experimental group of IT professionals. 4. To find out the association between selected demographic variables and the level of visual disturbance before and after demonstration of ophthalmic exercises in control and experimental group of IT professionals. 5. To find out the association between selected clinical variables and the level of visual disturbance before and after demonstration of ophthalmic exercises in control and experimental group of IT professionals. The conceptual framework of the study was developed on the basis of King’s Goal Attainment theory, which is based on the concepts of personal, interpersonal, and social systems including perception, judgment, action, reaction, interaction and transaction. An intensive review of literature and guidance by experts laid foundation for the study. A quasi experimental research approach was used to achieve objectives of the study which was conducted in HOV services as experimental group and Skyline solutions as control, with the sample size of 30 each, selected through purposive sampling technique. The researcher used validated tools like demographic variable proforma, clinical variable proforma and visual disturbance symptom questionnaire and rating scale to assess the level of satisfaction to collect data from the participants. The data collection tools were validated and reliability was established. The data collection for the main study was done after determining the feasibility and practicability through pilot study. Ophthalmic exercises (blinking, palming and scanning) was demonstrated to the participants and they performed those exercises daily for 15 days. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: Majority of the participants of the study were between 21-30 years (67%, 77%) male (77%, 73%) undergraduates (90%, 86%) works with computers for 6-9 hours (77%, 67%) and spends about two hours with computers at home (71%, 40%) and most of them were unmarried (63%, 67%) has 2.1 - 4years experience (67%, 56%) and significant percentage of participants had monthly income of 30,000-40,000 (43%, 37%) in control and experimental groups respectively. • Majority of IT professionals had not used antiglare screens (100%, 100%) were working in good air conditioning (100%, 100%) had never practiced yoga (77%, 60%) and most of them had previous history of visual disturbance (57%, 43%) had taken medical treatment (57%, 43%) had withdrawal of wearing spectacles (64%, 40%) taken treatment of dry eye sometimes (53%, 63%) had blink status 8 per minute (57%, 53%) and significant percentage of participants had never used break time to refresh eyes (60%) in control group of IT professionals and sometimes used break time in experimental group (50%) and works at a distance of 15-20 inches (50%) in control group and 10-15 inches (47%) in experimental group and works with font size of 12 and above (50%, 60%) in control and experimental group and respectively. • In the control group there was no significant difference in the visual disturbance level before (M=11.4; SD=2.7) & after (M=11.8; SD=2.5) ophthalmic exercises. In contrast in the experimental group the visual disturbance level (M=7.96; SD=1.51) after ophthalmic exercises was low, compared to those before ophthalmic exercises (M=10.6; SD= 2.35) respectively. The difference was found to be statistically significant at p<0.01, which attributes to the effectiveness of ophthalmic exercises. • Majority of the IT professionals (100%) were highly satisfied regarding various aspects of demonstration of ophthalmic exercises. • There was significant association between marital status (χ2=8.4, df=1) and visual disturbance level in the control group and between monthly income (χ2=11.83, df=3) and visual disturbance level in the experimental group and there was no significant association with the other selected demographic variables hence the null hypotheses Ho2, which states that there is no significant association between selected demographic variables and level of visual disturbance was partially rejected. • There was significant association between blinking status (χ2=15.8, df=3), sleeping hours (χ2=6.7, df=2) and visual disturbance level in the control group and between distance between the seat and screen (χ2=9.9, df=3) and visual disturbance level in the experimental group and there was no significant association with the other selected clinical variables hence the null hypotheses Ho3, which states that there is no significant association between selected clinical variables and level of visual disturbance was partially rejected. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. A study can be conducted on larger sample to generalize the results. 2. A study can be conducted in BPO centers among different people working in computers. 3. A comparative study can be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of various other intervention to help the IT professionals in reducing their visual disturbance. 4. A longitudinal study with time series design can be conducted with the post test at an interval of 2, 4, 6 months to assess the effectiveness of the intervention. 5. A comparative study can be conducted to assess the level of visual disturbance with ophthalmic exercises and other intervention. 6. A study can be conducted on adolescents using computers for longer period.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | 30116633 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness ; ophthalmic exercises ; computer vision syndrome ; Information Technology (IT) professionals. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2019 03:21 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2019 14:34 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/10318 |
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