Cho Ok-Hee, Cho Haemin, Kim Hyekyung
Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health, Kongju National University, Gongju 32588, Republic of Korea.
Department of Nursing, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung 25601, Republic of Korea.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 May 22;11(10):1519. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11101519.
Nurses are at risk of eye discomfort due to the increasing use of visual display terminals and wearing masks, which may worsen eye-related symptoms. This study was conducted in South Korea to identify the factors influencing eye-related symptoms among hospital nurses on/off duty. The study included 154 nurses who completed a self-reported questionnaire that assessed demographic characteristics, perceived health status, dry-eye symptoms, occupational stress, and eye-related symptoms. The results showed that nurses complained of more eye-related symptoms on duty than off duty, with female sex and dry-eye symptoms being the factors influencing eye-related symptoms on duty. On the other hand, computer use time (≥4 h) and dry-eye symptoms were the factors influencing eye-related symptoms off duty. The study suggests that assessing dry-eye symptoms can facilitate early interventions to relieve eye-related symptoms in hospital nurses, and they should pay attention to eye health during working hours as well as off hours.
由于视觉显示终端的使用增加以及佩戴口罩,护士面临眼睛不适的风险,这可能会加重与眼睛相关的症状。本研究在韩国进行,旨在确定影响医院护士在岗/离岗时与眼睛相关症状的因素。该研究纳入了154名护士,他们完成了一份自我报告问卷,该问卷评估了人口统计学特征、感知健康状况、干眼症状、职业压力和与眼睛相关的症状。结果显示,护士在岗时抱怨的与眼睛相关的症状比离岗时更多,女性和干眼症状是影响在岗时与眼睛相关症状的因素。另一方面,电脑使用时间(≥4小时)和干眼症状是影响离岗时与眼睛相关症状的因素。该研究表明,评估干眼症状有助于早期干预,以缓解医院护士的与眼睛相关的症状,并且他们在工作时间和非工作时间都应注意眼睛健康。