PREVALENCE OF COMPUTER VISION SYNDROME AMONGST BANKERS IN ABA, ABIA STATE, NIGERIA

Computer vision syndrome (CVS) is defined as an umbrella term that covers numerous eye and environment related conditions that occur when the viewing demand of the task exceed the visual abilities of the user, leading to inability to focus properly on computer images. The aim of the study is to investigate prevalence of computer vision syndrome among bankers in aba, Abia state. A cross sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of CVS among bankers in aba, abia state. Simple random sampling procedure was used to select 130 study participants, and the data were collected by using a self administrated questionnaire. The questionnaire includes questions in the demographic data, knowledge about CVS, prevalence of CVS symptom and its preventive measures. The prevalence of CVS was 94 (72.3%). It was also observed that the most frequent symptom experienced by participants was headache 19.17% followed by eyestrain 16.54%. The Chi-square test of independence was used to test the hypotheses at a 95% level of confidence and the result showed that the incidence of the computer vision syndrome is dependent on the banker’s years of experience. The prevalence of CVS symptoms among bankers was high. The majority of them showed very low level of awareness 29.2%, which indeed requires further health education about effects of prolonged use of computers on the eyes, and how to avoid the other factors that contribute to CVS symptoms.