Ergophthalmology around COVID-19
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https://doi.org/10.46842/ipn.cien.v25n2a04Keywords:
visual health, ergonomics, COVID-19Abstract
Due to the confinement at home that is lived in various countries by the pandemic of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Wuhan, China and its spread worldwide. Changes have been brought about in the daily life of the population, for example the way of carrying out academic and professional work. Work hours increased and with it the use of various visual devices to carry out activities. Therefore, the objective of this research was to evaluate the state of visual health and ergonomics by the population during the health contingency. An evaluation instrument generated in the "Microsoft Forms" software was applied to evaluate ergophthalmology and visual health. An absolute positive correlation was found in the symptoms of blurred vision and muscle pain in the male gender, while for the female gender an absolute correlation was reported in the glare symptom and a positive correlation in dry eye, red eye, burning, tearing and muscle pain. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to disseminate ergophthalmic measures to reduce the visual symptoms of the population.
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