A Study to Evaluate Economical and Ocular Impact of Digital Strain in Tertiary Centre in Garhwal Region

Abstract

India being one of the major economic centers of the world has a very high population of young professionals who works on the digital screens. Government itself has encouraged the use of computers and other multimedia devices for faster and better performance at work. It is known that screen usage as low as 1 hour can lead to various adverse effects which are termed as digital strain (1,2) .Its features are dry eye(DES), low back pain, tension headaches, psychosocial stress etc. Many studies have reported the association between prolonged computer use and adverse effects (1-9) .Most of them mainly focused on Western adult subjects. However, very little work has been done on the effect of computer use on Indian population(10,11) .None of these studies have assessed the effect of digital exposure on ocular surface and neither has studied economic impact on the patients.