Purpose: To evaluate changes in symptoms and tear film characteristics in young computer users. Methods: Fifty-one computer users and 26 controls were evaluated at the beginning and the end of the working day. Subjects with ocular or systemic disease, history of ocular surgery, use of contact lenses or glasses with antireflective surfaces, and use of topical or systemic medications were excluded from the study. Computer use duration, Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, tear osmolarity, Schirmer test, tear break-up time (TBUT), and ocular surface vital dye staining were performed prevocationally and postvocationally. Results: The mean age was 31.2 +/- 6.3 years in computer users and 33.7 +/- 5.8 in controls. The mean reported computer use was 6.9 +/- 2.7 hours/day in computer users and 0.4 +/- 0.5 hours/day in controls. The mean prevocational and postvocational values in computer users for OSDI, osmolarity, TBUT, and Schirmer test were 23.2 +/- 16.6 and 27.0 +/- 17.6, 306.6 +/- 14.9 and 311.0 +/- 12.5 mOsm/L, 13.9 +/- 4.0 and 13.2 +/- 3.8 seconds, 22.7 +/- 11.8 and 20.6 +/- 12.5 mm, respectively. The vocational change was significant for all parameters in the computer user group but not in the control group. The osmolarity-based dry eye diagnosis was 27.4% in the computer users while it was 15.4% in the control group. Oxford score was only grade 1 in 5.9% of visual display terminal users and did not change at the end of the day. Conclusions: Both symptoms and signs of dry eye increased significantly with computer use. Approximately 1 of every 3-4 computer users was found to have dry eye with higher tear osmolarity values.
Yazar |
Yazici, Alper Sari, Esin S. Sahin, Gozde Kilic, Adil Cakmak, Harun Ayar, Orhan Ermis, Samet S. |
Yayın Türü | Article |
Tek Biçim Adres | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12628/2206 |
Tek Biçim Adres | 10.5301/ejo.5000525 |
Konu Başlıkları |
Dry eye
Schirmer test Tear break-up Tear osmolarity Visual display terminal |
Koleksiyonlar |
Araştırma Çıktıları | WoS | Scopus | TR-Dizin | PubMed | SOBİAD PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu |
Dergi Adı | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY |
Dergi Cilt Bilgisi | 25 |
Dergi Sayısı | 2 |
Sayfalar | 85 - 89 |
Yayın Yılı | 2015 |
Eser Adı [dc.title] | Change in tear film characteristics in visual display terminal users |
Yazar [dc.contributor.author] | Yazici, Alper |
Yazar [dc.contributor.author] | Sari, Esin S. |
Yazar [dc.contributor.author] | Sahin, Gozde |
Yazar [dc.contributor.author] | Kilic, Adil |
Yazar [dc.contributor.author] | Cakmak, Harun |
Yazar [dc.contributor.author] | Ayar, Orhan |
Yazar [dc.contributor.author] | Ermis, Samet S. |
Yayın Yılı [dc.date.issued] | 2015 |
Yayıncı [dc.publisher] | WICHTIG PUBLISHING |
Yayın Türü [dc.type] | article |
Özet [dc.description.abstract] | Purpose: To evaluate changes in symptoms and tear film characteristics in young computer users. Methods: Fifty-one computer users and 26 controls were evaluated at the beginning and the end of the working day. Subjects with ocular or systemic disease, history of ocular surgery, use of contact lenses or glasses with antireflective surfaces, and use of topical or systemic medications were excluded from the study. Computer use duration, Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, tear osmolarity, Schirmer test, tear break-up time (TBUT), and ocular surface vital dye staining were performed prevocationally and postvocationally. Results: The mean age was 31.2 +/- 6.3 years in computer users and 33.7 +/- 5.8 in controls. The mean reported computer use was 6.9 +/- 2.7 hours/day in computer users and 0.4 +/- 0.5 hours/day in controls. The mean prevocational and postvocational values in computer users for OSDI, osmolarity, TBUT, and Schirmer test were 23.2 +/- 16.6 and 27.0 +/- 17.6, 306.6 +/- 14.9 and 311.0 +/- 12.5 mOsm/L, 13.9 +/- 4.0 and 13.2 +/- 3.8 seconds, 22.7 +/- 11.8 and 20.6 +/- 12.5 mm, respectively. The vocational change was significant for all parameters in the computer user group but not in the control group. The osmolarity-based dry eye diagnosis was 27.4% in the computer users while it was 15.4% in the control group. Oxford score was only grade 1 in 5.9% of visual display terminal users and did not change at the end of the day. Conclusions: Both symptoms and signs of dry eye increased significantly with computer use. Approximately 1 of every 3-4 computer users was found to have dry eye with higher tear osmolarity values. |
Açıklama [dc.description] | 23rd Annual Meeting of the American-Glaucoma-Society -- FEB 28-MAR 03, 2013 -- Amer Glaucoma Soc, San Francisco, CA |
Açıklama [dc.description] | WOS: 000357614000004 |
Açıklama [dc.description] | PubMed: 25363850 |
Kayıt Giriş Tarihi [dc.date.accessioned] | 2019-12-23 |
Açık Erişim Tarihi [dc.date.available] | 2019-12-23 |
Yayın Dili [dc.language.iso] | eng |
Konu Başlıkları [dc.subject] | Dry eye |
Konu Başlıkları [dc.subject] | Schirmer test |
Konu Başlıkları [dc.subject] | Tear break-up |
Konu Başlıkları [dc.subject] | Tear osmolarity |
Konu Başlıkları [dc.subject] | Visual display terminal |
Haklar [dc.rights] | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
ISSN [dc.identifier.issn] | 1120-6721 |
ISSN [dc.identifier.issn] | 1724-6016 |
İlk Sayfa Sayısı [dc.identifier.startpage] | 85 |
Son Sayfa Sayısı [dc.identifier.endpage] | 89 |
Dergi Adı [dc.relation.journal] | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY |
Dergi Sayısı [dc.identifier.issue] | 2 |
Dergi Cilt Bilgisi [dc.identifier.volume] | 25 |
Tek Biçim Adres [dc.identifier.uri] | https://dx.doi.org/10.5301/ejo.5000525 |
Tek Biçim Adres [dc.identifier.uri] | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12628/2206 |