Factors associated with computer vision syndrome among students learning from home during Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia

ZAKARIA, SITI AINA NABIHA (2021) Factors associated with computer vision syndrome among students learning from home during Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many routine and daily livelihood activities in Malaysia has been restricted as the government intermittently enforced MCO in various part of the country corresponding to the severity of cases – incidence of infection. Among affected activities were the education sector where most, if not all educational institutions deemed to be non-essential were forced to adopt and adapt online teaching and learning mechanism as an alternative. As such, there is a potential concern that the students may be at risk of developing computer vision syndrome (CVS) following prolonged exposure to the electronic display screen of their devices such as desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, etc. as they learn from home. Objective: To determine the factors associated with CVS among students learning from home during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Methodology: A nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted among universities students in Malaysia which employed convenience sampling for data collection. A validated and pre-tested online questionnaire were distributed via social medias. Data obtained was exported to IBM SPSS Version 25 for statistical analysis. Result: A total of 657 respondents were left for data analysis after excluding incomplete responses. Most of the respondents were female (76.3%) with mean age of 21 years old (SD = 2.0). The results showed the prevalence of CVS in the past 1 week among students learning from home was 71.2%. There were significant associations between computer vision syndrome with gender (2 = 9.382, p = 0.002), duration of physical exercise (r = 0.095, p = 0.015), time spent on hobby (r = 0.089, p = 0.022), mobile phone usage for learning activities (2 = 6.044, p = 0.015), using floor as workstation (2 = 8.689, p = 0.003), using bed as workstation (2 = 4.159, p = 0.045), sitting with upper body twisted sideways (2 = 10.248, p = 0.006) and neck twisted sideways (2 = 7.499, p = 0.023) when engaging online learning as well as student with vision corrected (2 = 8.988 p = 0.03). Conclusion: The prevalence of self-reported CVS in a past week among the respondents in this study is a significant health concern which may affect the quality of learning among the students. Amongst the factors found significantly associated with the prevalence of CVS, vision correction, time spent on floor as workstation and twisting of upper body sideways are of particular concern which predict the prevalence of CVS. Keywords: learning from home, ergonomics, computer vision syndrome

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 04:52
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 04:52
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/949

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