Work Related Visual Disorders in Mellat Bank Personnel at Kermanshah City (2012)

Akbar  Barzegar; Mahmood  Babaveisi; AmirHossein  Hashemian; Nadia  Chaboksavar

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Work Related Visual Disorders in Mellat Bank Personnel at Kermanshah City (2012)

Author(s):

Akbar Barzegar^1,*,

Mahmood Babaveisi²,

AmirHossein Hashemian³,

Nadia Chaboksavar⁴

1Ph.D. in Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Public Health, Isar Square, Kermanshah, Iran

2B.S. in Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Public Health, Isar Square, Kermanshah, Iran

3Ph.D. in Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Isar Square, Kermanshah, Iran

4Laboratory Expert, Faculty of Public Health, Isar Square, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Clinical Research in Paramedical Sciences:Vol. 5, issue 4; e81930

Published online:Feb 02, 2017

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jun 10, 2016

Accepted:Dec 01, 2016

How to Cite:Barzegar A, Babaveisi M, Hashemian A, Chaboksavar N, Work Related Visual Disorders in Mellat Bank Personnel at Kermanshah City (2012).J Clin Res Paramed Sci.2017;5(4):e81930.

Abstract

Background: Employees working in banks are the personnel that deal a lot with computers at shift work. Those who spend long time per day working on computer tasks experience symptoms like visual disorders. Then in this study, the prevalence of work related visual disorders was investigated in Mellat bank personnel at Kermanshah City.

Methods: All personnel of Mellat banks with age of lower than 40 years were investigated by using a questionnaire and a checklist. Statistical tests were used in order to survey the relationsheep between visual disorders and some variables.

Findings: Totally, 87 employees were eligible and participated in the study. 29.9% of the employees were wearing medical glasses that 10 persons of them had to wear glasses after employing and using computer at work. Headaches (60.9%), eye burning sensation (58.6%), eye redness (56.3%), pain in the eyes (54%), and tearing (44.8%) were the most prevalent symptoms among the employees. Eighty three percent of them complained from at least one visual symptom. There was no significant relationsheep between visual disorders prevalence and other variables.

Conclusion: As the employee in bank must use computer at work, then it is necessary to use appropriate ways for correcting workplace position and preventing measures at workplaces such as banks.

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