Study of the Association Between Digital Eye Syndrome With Binocular Vision and the Ocular Surface in Higher Education Students in the Area of Health Technologies

Universidade Nova de Lisboa400 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this observational study is to determinate the association between DES and changes in binocular vision and ocular surface. in higher education students in the area of health technologies. The main questions it aims to determine the prevalence of Digital Eye Syndrome (DES); the association between DES and changes in binocular vision and ocular surface; whether the time of use and the type of electronic devices influences the degree and type of symptoms of DES; and to determine whether there is an association between the type of ametropia and the symptoms of DES. Participants will have to answer 3 questionnaires (the Computer Vision Syndrome Questionnaire; the Convergence Insufficiency Symptoms Survey, and the Dry Eye Questionnaire (DEQ-5)) and then they will perform an orthoptic assessment and an assessment of the ocular surface with the tear film Break Up Time (BUT) test.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Digital Eye Strain

Interventions

ExposureOTHER

Higher education students from health technologies field exposed to digital devices.

The orthoptic assessment is a non-invasive assessment that will last for 30 min to determine visual parameters related to binocular vision. It will be carried out by the research team in the orthoptics and vision sciences laboratories of the Lisbon School of Health Tecnology.

Tear film Break Up Time (BUT) test (Outcome measure)DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

The BUT test is a tear film rupture assessment test that allows the stability of the tear film to be evaluated. To perform these tests, it is necessary to instill fluorescein and then it is observed in the slit lamp under illumination with a cobalt blue filter, to count the break-up time.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 39 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Students of the first, second and third year of the degrees offered by Lisbon School of Health Technology, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa; * Age between 18 to 39 years; * Accept and sign the consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Working Students; * Students with known binocular vision disorders; * Previous eye surgeries.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Prevalence of Digital Eye Syndrome

To verify the existence or absence of digital fatigue syndrome in higher education students. For this purpose, the Computer Vision Syndrome Questionnaire will be used. To verify the existence or not of digital fatigue syndrome in higher education. The Computer Vision Syndrome Questionnaire (CVS-Q) will be applied, which is composed of 16 x 2 questions, to assess the symptoms and their intensity. This questionnaire makes it possible to classifying CVS as asymptomatic and symptomatic.