| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: With increasing use of computers, involvement and greater number of hours spent in front of the screens expose the users to greater risk of developing eye health related conditions like Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) (Akinbinu & Mashalla, 2013). Purpose: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and perception of CVS among CIT students of Makerere University.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study that utilized the use of a pre-tested questionnaire to collect social-demographic data, symptoms of CVS, knowledge, attitude, and perception of CVS among students of CIT.
310 participants were used for data analysis since 5 questionnaires were incompletely filled and invalid. The results from the compilation of data from fully answered questionnaires were collected, cleaned and stored in Excel and SPSS version 20 was used for data analysis. Results: The study was dominated by male participants 176 (56.8%) as compared to the female participants 134 (43.2%). The majority of the participants belonged to the 20-25 age bracket. 47.7% have spent 5-10 years using a computer. 47.7% heard of computer vision syndrome, while 52.3% reported not hearing it, 37.7% experienced Blurred vision while 62.3% did not among those who had heard about CVS and 50% who had never heard about CVS had Blurred vision, Over 232 (75%), showed an affirmative attitude and said that having CVS, does not mean one is losing their sight. With 33 (10.5%) saying having CVS means one will lose their sight soon. Conclusions: The study found out that CIT students have low knowledge levels, high positive attitude and favorable perceptions of CVS. There is lack of awareness of CVS at the university. This emphasizes the need for awareness and education about CVS and its prevention amongst computer users all over world. | en_US |
