PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS OF COMPUTER VISION SYNDROME AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF: AN INSTITUTIONAL- BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

In the modern era, rapidly developing technologies have led academicians to engage in a wide range of activities involving prolonged and repetitive computer use, for writing, reading, preparing notes, manuscript preparation, administrative duties, and community service programs.Therefore this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of computer vision syndrome among academic staff of Yenepoya Deemed to be University.This institutional-based, cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2023 to April 2024.A Purposive sampling technique was used to select 96 study participants.Data were collected using a pretested self-administered structured questionnaire.In this study, result shows that 96 academic staff members participated, with the majority being female (73.96%) and a median age of approximately 30 years.However, despite these measures, the prevalence of computer vision syndrome among the academic staff was high (79.16%).Common symptoms include eye strain (44.8%), headaches (38.5%), and eye fatigue (22.9%).In Logistic regression