Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, India.
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2023 Oct 1;67(4):618-625. doi: 10.4103/ijph.ijph_1761_22. Epub 2023 Dec 29.
Because of COVID's impact on social behavior, students have become more reliant on computer-facilitated communication to continue their studies and interact with friends. While it is known that the association between screen exposure and psychological well-being is both harmful and stronger among adolescents than younger children, what is less studied are the causal factors that may mediate the relationship.
The objectives of this study were to analyze the relationship between screen exposure and two psychological outcomes, sleep quality and loneliness, using digital eye strain as a mediating factor. Eye strain is expected to have a direct and harmful influence on psychological well-being.
A structured and validated questionnaire was transcribed and administered online. A nonrepresentative sample of 497 female college students in a North Indian city participated in the study. Digital eye strain, quality of sleep, and feeling of loneliness scores were assessed using latent class analysis.
The selected latent model suggested that Class 2 had a high percentage of students with network issues, the problem with space and noise, and various financial hardships, which had almost doubled the rate of loneliness (53.28%) and sleep-wake difficulties (75.41%) among the students affected with computer vision syndrome (89.75%).
There is an urgent need to examine the implications of digital exposure across gender and age to prevent future complications. Further, awareness for improving holistic well-being in the digital era should be promoted through various platforms.
由于 COVID 对社会行为的影响，学生们更加依赖计算机辅助交流来继续学业和与朋友互动。虽然已知屏幕暴露与心理幸福感之间的关联在青少年中比在年幼的儿童中更有害且更强，但研究较少的是可能介导这种关系的因果因素。
本研究的目的是分析屏幕暴露与两种心理结果（睡眠质量和孤独感）之间的关系，使用数字眼疲劳作为中介因素。眼疲劳预计会对心理健康产生直接和有害的影响。
转录并在线管理了一份结构化和经过验证的问卷。在印度北部城市，非代表性的 497 名女大学生参与了这项研究。使用潜在类别分析评估数字眼疲劳、睡眠质量和孤独感得分。
所选的潜在模型表明，第 2 类学生中网络问题、空间和噪音问题以及各种经济困难的比例较高，这使受计算机视觉综合征影响的学生的孤独感（53.28%）和睡眠-醒来困难（75.41%）几乎翻了一番（89.75%）。
迫切需要跨性别和年龄检查数字暴露的影响，以预防未来的并发症。此外，应通过各种平台宣传在数字时代提高整体幸福感的意识。
