Table 16.
Incidence of eye and vision complaints as related to previous ailments of computer users/operators.
| Complaints | Number of operators |
Ergonomic score mean ± SD |
Age (year) mean ± SD |
Duration of employment (year) mean ± SD |
Computer use (hours/day) mean ± SD |
Complaints N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | General | Eye and vision | ||||||
| King Abdulaziz University computer users | ||||||||
| None | 58 | 36.6 | 30.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 12 | 27 | 25 |
| (7.5) | (9.2) | (5.6) | (2.0) | (20.7) | (46.6) | (43.1) | ||
| Short-sighted | 30 | 37.6 | 31.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 1 | 20 | 25 |
| (8.3) | (8.8) | (5.6) | (3.2) | (3.3) | (66.7) | (83.3) | ||
| Long-sighted | 7 | 37.2 | 40.4 | 18.0 | 5.7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| (6.7) | (11.4) | (10.8) | (2.0) | (14.3) | (42.9) | (42.9) | ||
| Others | 7 | 36.5 | 39.8 | 11.9 | 5.6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| (4.9) | (13.7) | (12.3) | (2.1) | (14.3) | (28.6) | (71.4) | ||
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| Saudi Airlines Ticket reservation operators | ||||||||
| None | 70 | 71.4 | 38.9 | 18.5 | 6.0 | 41 | 18 | 13 |
| (13.0) | (9.1) | (10.9) | (0.0) | (58.6) | (25.7) | (18.6) | ||
| Short-sighted | 23 | 72.2 | 38.7 | 18.9 | 6.0 | 0 | 17 | 19 |
| (13.2) | (10.6) | (11.4) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (73.9) | (82.6) | ||
| Long-sighted | 2 | 65.0 | 47.5 | 26.5 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| (12.8) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (100.0) | (100.0) | ||
| Others | 5 | 68.8 | 43.6 | 22.8 | 6.0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| (19.0) | (4.8) | (6.1) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (60.0) | (100.0) | ||
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| Saudi Telecom Co. computer operators | ||||||||
| None | 58 | 80.4 | 29.1 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 13 | 29 | 24 |
| (14.9) | (6.9) | (6.0) | (2.0) | (22.4) | (50.0) | (41.4) | ||
| Short-sighted | 24 | 84.8 | 30.3 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 3 | 19 | 20 |
| (12.9) | (6.2) | (7.6) | (2.1) | (12.5) | (79.2) | (83.3) | ||
| Long-sighted | 11 | 80.0 | 30.5 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| (13.5) | (9.5) | (8.4) | (2.1) | (0.0) | (72.7) | (72.7) | ||
| Others | 7 | 86.0 | 32.7 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| (14.6) | (9.3) | (10.3) | (2.7) | (0.0) | (100.0) | (100.0) | ||