Ekemiri Kingsley, McKnight Devonte, Ekemiri Chioma, Ezinne Ngozika, Ashang Henrietta, Victor Virginia, Okonedo Osaze, Shuaibu Ayishetu Oshoke, Seemongal-Dass Robin
Optometry Unit, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Tunapuna, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Education and Humanities, University of the West Indies, Health Promotion, Tunapuna, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
PeerJ. 2024 Dec 13;12:e18584. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18584. eCollection 2024.
Modern workplace requirements in the banking sector require bankers to work on screens for more than 6 h a day, putting much stress and strain on their eyes, which leads to computer vision syndrome. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of computer vision syndrome and associated factors among urban and rural bankers in Trinidad and Tobago.
A cross-sectional design was applied to collect data from 399 bankers between April and June 2023. The collected data was entered into Excel worksheets and later uploaded to SPSS for further analysis. A variable with a -value of 0.25 in binary logistic regression is a candidate for multi-variable logistic regression analysis. Finally, a variable with a -value of 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance.
A total of 371 participants were enrolled in this study, leading to a response rate of 92.9%. Of the total participants, 277 (74.7%) had computer vision syndrome. Working in rural areas (AOR = 2.69; 95% CI [1.41-5.13]) and using eyesight glasses (AOR = 0.57; 95% CI [0.33-0.97]) was associated with computer vision syndrome.
Despite being easily preventable, computer vision syndrome is substantially prevalent among bankers in Trinidad. The use of eye-sight glasses and the working area are significantly associated with computer vision syndrome. Therefore, it is necessary to improve workplace practices by encouraging the use of anti-glare screens and glasses for employees who work long hours on the computer.
银行业现代职场要求银行从业者每天在屏幕前工作超过6小时，这给他们的眼睛带来很大压力和劳损，进而导致计算机视觉综合征。因此，本研究旨在评估特立尼达和多巴哥城乡银行从业者中计算机视觉综合征的患病率及相关因素。
采用横断面设计，于2023年4月至6月收集399名银行从业者的数据。收集到的数据录入Excel工作表，随后上传至SPSS进行进一步分析。在二元逻辑回归中P值为0.25的变量是多变量逻辑回归分析的候选变量。最后，使用P值为0.05来判定统计学显著性。
本研究共纳入371名参与者，应答率为92.9%。在所有参与者中，277人（74.7%）患有计算机视觉综合征。在农村地区工作（比值比=2.69；95%置信区间[1.41 - 5.13]）和佩戴视力眼镜（比值比=0.57；95%置信区间[0.33 - 0.97]）与计算机视觉综合征相关。
尽管计算机视觉综合征易于预防，但在特立尼达的银行从业者中相当普遍。佩戴视力眼镜和工作区域与计算机视觉综合征显著相关。因此，有必要通过鼓励长时间在电脑前工作的员工使用防眩光屏幕和眼镜来改善职场做法。
