Research Article
Association between Poor Ergophthalmologic Practices and Computer Vision Syndrome among University Administrative Staff in Ghana
Table 1
Distribution of parameters of administrators according to cases and noncases.
| | Distributions | CVS status | Total (n, %) | | Cases (n, %) | Noncases (n, %) |
| | Age range | <0.25 | 2 (1.9) | 3 (3.1) | 5 (2.5) | | 25–29 | 46 (44.7) | 39 (40.2) | 85 (42.5) | | 30–35 | 36 (35.0) | 31 (32.0) | 67 (33.5) | | 36–40 | 19 (18.4) | 24 (24.7) | 43 (21.5) | | Total | 103 (100) | 97 (100) | 200 (100) |
| | Gender | Male | 56 (54.4) | 56 (57.7) | 112 (56.0) | | Female | 47 (45.6) | 41 (42.3) | 88 (44.0) | | Total | 103 (100) | 97 (100) | 200 (100) |
| | Years of working with computer | 2–5 | 52 (50.5) | 46 (47.4) | 98 (49.0) | | 6–9 | 27 (26.2) | 23 (23.7) | 50 (25.0) | | 10–14 | 14 (13.6) | 22 (22.7) | 36 (18.0) | | 15–20 | 10 (9.7) | 6 (6.2) | 16 (8.0) | | Total | 103 (100) | 97 (100) | 200 (100) |
| | Educational background | SHS | 2 (1.9) | 1 (1.0) | 3 (1.5) | | Diploma | 6 (5.8) | 8 (8.2) | 14 (7.0) | | First degree | 73 (70.9) | 63 (64.9) | 136 (68.0) | | Second degree | 22 (21.4) | 25 (25.8) | 47 (23.5) | | Total | 103 (100) | 97 (100) | 200 (100) |
| | Musculoskeletal symptoms | Never | 7 (6.8) | 16 (16.5) | 23 (11.5) | | Mild | 11 (10.7) | 14 (14.4) | 25 (12.5) | | Moderate | 22 (21.4) | 22 (22.7) | 44 (22.0) | | Severe | 63 (61.2) | 45 (46.4) | 108 (54.0) | | Total | 103 (100) | 97 (100) | 200 (100) |
| | Computer breaks | No break | 3 (2.9) | 9 (9.3) | 12 (6) | | Every 20 min | 30 (29.1) | 14 (14.4) | 44 (22) | | Every hour | 18 (17.5) | 8 (8.2) | 26 (13) | | When tired | 52 (50.5) | 66 (68) | 118 (59) | | Total | 103 (100) | 97 (100) | 200 (100) |
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