VISUAL IMPAIRMENT DUE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMI: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Authors

  • Abeer Hassan Elhaj, Fahmida Khatoon*, Farida Habib Khan, Bashayr Nasser Alsuwayt, Raed Rbea Alshammari, Ghosoun Khalid Author
  • Ghada Meteb AL –Dhafiri, Maryam Abdullah S Alshammari, Dala Saad Alshammari, Abrar Ali, Gamal eldin Mohamed Osman Elhussein, Mona Madbouly Mohammad Shahin Author
  • Hend Faleh Alreshidi Hind Naif Alshammari Amany M. Khalifa Author

Abstract

Background: The world has been in a state of a pandemic for more than a year, humanity is suffering great losses. Millions of people have died, and countries have been in proper lockdowns to stay safe which has led to the greater economic and social loss. the virus that turned the world over is referred to as the SARS COV 2 virus commonly known as the coronavirus. Coronaviruses are RNA viruses that can infect animals and humans, causing respiratory and intestinal infections. SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, and a new coronavirus (SARSCoV2 [2019nCoV]) are all members of the Coronaviridae family and the Beta coronavirus genus. SARSCoV2 is currently being studied in greater depth. Use of Electronic devices  has shown to increased during the Pandemic, overuse has been cited as a potentially amendable risk factor that can result in visual impairment. However, reported associations between electronic devices overuse and visual impairment have been inconsistent.

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Published

2024-08-08

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2024)

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Articles