Table 2.
Employment Factors and Dry Eye Disease Severity
| Incidence (%) | Severity of Dry Eye | P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | |||||||
| Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | ||||
| Employment status | University student | 90 (19.4%) | 16 | 17.8% | 13 | 14.4% | 61 | 67.8% | 0.721 |
| Employee | 373 (80.6%) | 54 | 14.5% | 53 | 14.2% | 266 | 71.3% | ||
| Employment type (students excluded) | Office worker | 307 (82.3%) | 42 | 13.7% | 34 | 11.1% | 231 | 75.2% | 0.000* |
| Field worker | 66 (17.7%) | 12 | 18.2% | 19 | 28.8% | 35 | 53.0% | ||
| Work experience (years) | 1–5 | 83 (17.9%) | 18 | 21.7% | 13 | 15.7% | 52 | 62.7% | 0.347 |
| 6–10 | 97 (21.0%) | 14 | 14.4% | 9 | 9.3% | 74 | 76.3% | ||
| 11–15 | 55 (11.9%) | 7 | 12.7% | 10 | 18.2% | 38 | 69.1% | ||
| >15 | 153 (33.0%) | 17 | 11.1% | 24 | 15.7% | 112 | 73.2% | ||
| Not employed | 75 (16.2%) | 14 | 18.7% | 10 | 13.3% | 51 | 68.0% | ||
| Time spent at work daily | <4 hours | 17 (3.7%) | 6 | 35.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 11 | 64.7% | 0.014* |
| 4–6 hours | 146 (31.5%) | 23 | 15.8% | 17 | 11.6% | 106 | 72.6% | ||
| 7–8 hours | 232 (50.1%) | 27 | 11.6% | 34 | 14.7% | 171 | 73.7% | ||
| >8 hours | 68 (14.7%) | 6 | 35.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 11 | 64.7% | ||
| Time spent on electronic devices at work daily | < 2 hours | 59 (12.7%) | 12 | 20.3% | 8 | 13.6% | 39 | 66.1% | 0.103 |
| 2–4 hours | 122 (26.3%) | 22 | 18.0% | 22 | 18.0% | 78 | 63.9% | ||
| 4–6 hours | 127 (27.4%) | 17 | 13.4% | 21 | 16.5% | 89 | 70.1% | ||
| 7–8 hours | 96 (20.7%) | 16 | 16.7% | 10 | 10.4% | 70 | 72.9% | ||
| > 8 hours | 59 (12.7%) | 3 | 5.1% | 5 | 8.5% | 51 | 86.4% | ||
| The electronic device used the most in during the day | Desktop Computer | 137 (29.6%) | 21 | 15.3% | 18 | 13.1% | 98 | 71.5% | 0.559 |
| Laptops | 68 (14.7%) | 9 | 13.2% | 10 | 14.7% | 49 | 72.1% | ||
| Tablets | 11 (2.4%) | 1 | 9.1% | 4 | 36.4% | 6 | 54.5% | ||
| Smartphone | 247 (53.3%) | 39 | 15.8% | 34 | 13.8% | 174 | 70.4% | ||
Note: *p<0.05.