The prevalence and influencing factors of eye diseases for IT industry video operation workers

Objective To investigate the situation of video-contact and eye diseases for IT industry video operation workers,and to analyze the influencing factors,providing scientific evidence for the make of health-strategy for IT industry video operation workers.Methods We take the random cluster sampling method to choose 190 IT industry video operation workers in a city of Jiangsu province,analyzing the relations between video contact and eye diseases.Results The daily video contact time of IT industry video operation workers is 6.0～16.0 hours,whose mean value is (10.1±1.8) hours.79.5％ of workers in this survey wear myopic lens,35.8％ of workers have a rest during their working,and 14.2％ of IT workers use protective products when they feel unwell of their eyes.Following the BUT experiment,54.7％ of IT workers have the normal examine results of binoculus,while 45.3％ have the abnormal results of at least one eye.Simultaneously,54.7％ workers have the normal examine results of binoculus in the SIT experiment,however,42.1％ workers are abnormal.According to the broad linear model,there are six influencing factors (daily mean time to video,distance between eye and displayer,the frequency of rest,whether to use protective products when they feel unwell of their eyes,the type of displayer and daily time watching TV.) have significant influence on vision,having statistical significance.At the same time,there are also six influencing factors (whether have a rest regularly,sex,the situation of diaphaneity for cornea,the shape of pupil,family history and whether to use protective products when they feel unwell of their eyes.) have significant influence on the results of BUT experiment,having statistical significance.However,there are seven influencing factors (the type of computer,sex,the shape of pupil,the situation of diaphaneity for cornea,the angle between displayer and workers' sight,the type of displayer and the height of operating floor.) have significant influence on the results of SIT experiment,having statistical significance.Conclusions The health-situation of IT industry video operation workers' eye is not optimistic,most of workers are lack of protection awareness; we need to strengthen propaganda and education according to its influencing factors and to improve the level of medical control and prevention for eye diseases in relevant industries. Key words: computer terminals; occupational exposure; vision; eye diseases.