Table 3. Habits of the students with and without DED symptoms.
Dry eye (OSDI≥13) | ||||||
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No | Yes | |||||
N | % | N | % | P-value | ||
Total number of hours spent studying per day | 0-3h | 28 | 17.8% | 26 | 10.8% | 0.137 |
3-6h | 75 | 47.8% | 123 | 51.2% | ||
>6h | 54 | 34.4% | 91 | 37.9% | ||
Number of hours per day spent studying books and hard copy literature | Not using | 2 | 1.3% | 2 | 0.8% | 0.195 |
0-3h | 34 | 21.7% | 36 | 15.0% | ||
3-6h | 70 | 44.6% | 131 | 54.6% | ||
>6h | 51 | 32.5% | 71 | 29.6% | ||
Number of hours per day spent studying using computers, laptops, and other VD devices | Not using | 69 | 43.9% | 73 | 30.4% | 0.007 |
0-3h | 85 | 54.1% | 148 | 61.7% | ||
3-6h | 2 | 1.3% | 15 | 6.3% | ||
>6h | 1 | 0.6% | 4 | 1.7% | ||
Number of hours per day spent using mobile phones, computers, laptops, and other VD devices in their free time | Not using | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.911 |
0-3h | 75 | 47.8% | 111 | 46.3% | ||
3-6h | 57 | 36.3% | 87 | 36.3% | ||
>6h | 25 | 15.9% | 42 | 17.5% |
A Chi square test was performed, p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.