Prevalence and associated factors for self-reported symptoms of dry eye among Thai school children during the COVID-19 outbreak.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in digital screen time, which seemed to increase the prevalence of dry eye symptoms among the population with abnormally high digital screen usage hours. However, there are no reports of dry eye symptoms in school children with high digital usage hours. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the prevalence of dry eye symptoms and evaluate the associated factors among school children aged 12 to 18 years during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Methods

Multistage cluster sampling was applied, and six sections of online questionnaires were distributed to selected respondents in November 2021. The odds ratio (OR) with confidence intervals (CIs) for the factors was calculated using binary logistic regression. All statistical significance wa

SUBMITTER: Tonkerdmongkol D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124893 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature