Assessment Of Dry Eye Symptoms And Quality Of Sleep In Engineering Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | M. Dheepak Sundar, S. Pavithra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Student population Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Sleep quality business.industry Quality of sleep education 030227 psychiatry Sleep patterns 03 medical and health sciences Screen time 0302 clinical medicine Pandemic Physical therapy medicine Population study General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 11:1202-1207 |
| ISSN: | 0975-7538 |
| Popis: | To assess dry eye symptoms (DES) and quality of sleep in engineering students during the Covid19 pandemic lockdown and also to assess the association between DES and sleep quality. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was carried out among 396 engineering students studying in Saveetha engineering college. The study tool used was a semi-structured google form questionnaire designed for assessing digital device usage, symptoms of dry eye disease and sleep pattern. Responses were analyzed using appropriate statistical tests. Overall 64.1% attained a score of more than 10, indicating the presence of DES. 70.2% of the study population used digital screens for more than 13 hours. A statistically significant association was found between increased screen time and presence of DES(p18 indicating reduced sleep quality. About 77.1% of the students with DES had reduced sleep quality, and a significant association (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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