Prevalence of Dye Eyes in Internet Practitioners and Influencing Factors
Objective To investigate the prevalence of dry eyes in Internet practitioners and the main influencing factors.Methods A cross-sectional study design was adopted to randomly sample the front-line employees in target po-sitions of an Internet company.The prevalence of dry eyes among Internet practitioners was estimated by a questionnaire survey and clinical examination.The analysis of variance,chi-square test and other statistical methods were used to ana-lyze the risk factors.Results The prevalence of dry eyes among Internet practitioners was 58.1％.The daily use of video terminals for more than 11 h,working for more than 10 h,or sleeping for less than 6 h increased the prevalence of dry eyes.The relative risks of dry eyes with a history of meibomian gland inflammation,a history of chronic conjunctivitis,anxiety,and a preference for coffee were 1.75,1.63,1.54,and 1.92,respectively.There was no significant correlation between gender and age in the patients with dry eyes.Conclusion The prevalence of dry eyes among Internet practitioners is high-er than that of the general population.Long working hours,long use of video terminals,short sleep time,previous ocular sur-face inflammatory diseases,anxiety,and a preference for coffee are risk factors for dry eyes.
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