Volume 27, Issue 133, March 2023

Assessment of the visual acuity among medical students who use the electronic devices during study 2022-2023

Saad Asiri¹, Amani Badawi², Rasheed AM³, Majed Marshad Alanazi^4♦, Qusai Majed Alsulaiman⁴, Sohaib Awadh Ashour⁴, Ali Bader Almutairi⁴, Bandar Abdulrahman Alomar⁴, Mohammad Ahmad Al Boukai⁴, Yousef Ahmed Aldobikhi⁴, Bander Sultan Almehmadi⁴

¹ENT Consultant Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA
²Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Mansoura University, Egypt
³Lecturer of Human Physiology, Department of Basic Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA
⁴Medical Intern, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA

^♦Corresponding author
Medical Intern, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA

ABSTRACT

Refractive errors, especially myopia, have been more common in recent years and are continuing to rise internationally. Information on the causes of vision decline provide a solid foundation for recommendations in public health policy, such as national budgeting and health-care planning, as well as scientific research. Objective: Our aim is to assess the relation between Visual acuity and time of studying on electronic devices among deferent academic level of the medical student. This study will be cross-sectional. The target population is medical students' males and females in Riyadh, KSA with a total sample of 253. Methods: A cross-sectional design was conducted; the study was based on a visual acuity examination and questionnaire that is prepared especially for it. The data was cleared, coded and entered by using (SPSS). Result: The study included 253 medical students who completed the visual examination and the study questionnaire in which 53.8 %were female and 46.2% were males mean age of participants was 22 years. We found that 32.42% of participant had 6/6 of visual acuity. Conclusion: The study concludes that there is association between visual acuity and the time spent on studying using electronic devices.

Keywords: Visual acuity, medical students, electronic devices, study, academic level

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e129ms2915

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i133/e129ms2915

Published: 03 March 2023