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Assessing the role of visual dysfunctions in the association between visual symptomatology and the use of digital devices / Evaluación del papel de las disfunciones visuales en la asociación entre la sintomatología visual y el uso de dispositivos digitales
Cacho-Martínez, Pilar; Cantó-Cerdán, Mario; Lara-Lacárcel, Francisco; García-Muñoz, Ángel.
Affiliation
  • Cacho-Martínez, Pilar; Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Óptica, Farmacología y Anatomía. Spain
  • Cantó-Cerdán, Mario; Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Óptica, Farmacología y Anatomía. Spain
  • Lara-Lacárcel, Francisco; Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Oftalmología, Optometría, Otorrinolaringología y Anatomía Patológica. Spain
  • García-Muñoz, Ángel; Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Óptica, Farmacología y Anatomía. Spain
J. optom. (Internet) ; 17(3): [100510], jul.-sept2024. tab
Article in En | IBECS | ID: ibc-231872
Responsible library: ES1.1
Localization: ES15.1 - BNCS
ABSTRACT
Purpose: To evaluate the association between visual symptoms and use of digital devices considering the presence of visual dysfunctions. Methods: An optometric examination was conducted in a clinical sample of 346 patients to diagnose any type of visual anomaly. Visual symptoms were collected using the validated SQVD questionnaire. A threshold of 6 hours per day was used to quantify the effects of digital device usage and patients were divided into two groups: under and above of 35 years old. A multivariate logistic regression was employed to investigate the association between digital device use and symptoms, with visual dysfunctions considered as a confounding variable. Crude and the adjusted odds ratio (OR) were calculated for each variable. Results: 57.02 % of the subjects reported visual symptoms, and 65.02% exhibited some form of visual dysfunction. For patients under 35 years old, an association was found between having visual symptoms and digital device use (OR = 2.10, p = 0.01). However, after adjusting for visual dysfunctions, this association disappeared (OR = 1.44, p = 0.27) and the association was instead between symptoms and refractive dysfunction (OR = 6.52, p < 0.001), accommodative (OR = 10.47, p < 0.001), binocular (OR = 6.68, p < 0.001) and accommodative plus binocular dysfunctions (OR = 46.84, p < 0.001). Among patients over 35 years old, no association was found between symptoms and the use of digital devices (OR = 1.27, p = 0.49) but there was an association between symptoms and refractive dysfunction (OR = 3.54, p = 0.001). Conclusions: Visual symptoms are not dependent on the duration of digital device use but rather on the presence of any type of visual dysfunction: refractive, accommodative and/or binocular one, which should be diagnosed.(AU)
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Full text: 1 Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Vision, Ocular / Vision Tests / Vision, Binocular / Visual Fields / Visually Impaired Persons Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J. optom. (Internet) Year: 2024 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Vision, Ocular / Vision Tests / Vision, Binocular / Visual Fields / Visually Impaired Persons Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J. optom. (Internet) Year: 2024 Document type: Article