Occurrence of dry eye in mobile phone users

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dc.contributor.authorSaji, KKen_US
dc.contributor.authorK, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorC, IN.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-27T06:41:34Z
dc.date.available2023-06-27T06:41:34Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractBackground: Most Indians today own one or more mobile phones. The average time of phone usage per person per day is 4.8 h and the excess usage of mobile phone is an emerging cause of dry eye. Although some studies have established this relation, not many studies focus on South India. Our study aims to highlight the South Indian population. Aim and Objective: To study the prevalence of dry eye among medical students of 18–25 years. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, whose participants are undergraduate medical students, both males and females, between 18 and 25 years. Schirmer’s test was done for each candidate after answering an Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire. Results: The most frequent symptom reported by the participants at the time of answering the questionnaire was soreness and irritation of the eye (8%). The most common long-term symptom reported was burning and watering of eyes of tolerable severity (27%). Some participants experienced uncomfortable and bothersome eye fatigue. Conclusion: Dry eye in the form of symptoms of both dryness of eye and reflex epiphora is present in the population under study. About 76% of the study population use their phones for over 3 hours a day. The soreness and irritation of eyes, watering and burning of eyes are attributed to the mobile phone usage for more than 6 hours per day.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMBBS Student, Government Sivagangai Medical College, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Physiology, Government Sivagangai Medical College, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Sivagangai Medical College, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSaji KK, K S, C IN.. Occurrence of dry eye in mobile phone users. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2023 Feb; 13(2): 318-322en_US
dc.identifier.issn2231-3206
dc.identifier.issn2320-4672
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/217916
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMrs Dipika Charan of MedScience (India) Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume13en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5455/njppp.2023.13.06319202202072022en_US
dc.subjectDry Eyeen_US
dc.subjectMobile Phoneen_US
dc.subjectSchirmer’s Testen_US
dc.subjectTear Filmen_US
dc.subjectEye Fatigueen_US
dc.titleOccurrence of dry eye in mobile phone usersen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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