Volume : X, Issue : II, February - 2020

SMARTPHONES VERSUS OCULAR SURFACE – A PILOT STUDY

Dr M Yoga Priyanka, Dr M S S Keerthi

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BACKGROUND: Smartphones have revolutionized human lives in ways that go well beyond communication. It’s incontrovertible that smartphone technology has yielded many benefits for society at a high cost to mental, physiological and social lives. Our compulsivity to the use of smartphones is getting worse. PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of prolonged usage of smartphones on ocular surface and the tear film. METHODS: 50 healthy medical students were enrolled in this study. Subjective symptoms and asthenopia symptoms were evaluated using the Ocular Surface Disease Index {OSDI} before and after smartphone use. The status of the tear film was evaluated using Fluorescein Break Up Time {FBUT}, Schirmer score and Keratoepitheliopathy {KEP}. All measurements were conducted at baseline and after 1hour usage of smartphones. RESULTS: All parameters showed no significant difference at baseline. Scores of OSDI were increased and FBUT decreased significantly after one hour usage of smartphone. CONCLUSION: Smartphone use aggravates subjective ocular symptoms and induces tear film instability causing Digital eye strain.

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SMARTPHONES VERSUS OCULAR SURFACE‾A PILOT STUDY, Dr M Yoga Priyanka, Dr M S S Keerthi INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-2 | February-2020

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