Abstract:

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the relationship between the ocular surface disease index and the dry eye test parameters in computer users. Materials and Methods: This prospective study included 62 people between the ages of 20-40 and who spent 6 hours of their daily lives in front of a computer. In addition to all the oftalmological examination, after completion of each voluntary OYHI survey, dry eye tests were conducted for both eyes, including Schirmer I test, Schirmer II test, time of tears break (GKZ), ocular surface fluoresein and lissamine green paint. Results: 42 of the 62 participants involved were women (67.7%) and 20 (32.3%) were men. The average age of participants was 30.06 ± 4,794 (21-39) years. The average time of computer use of the participants is 10.15 ± 3. It was 040 (6-16) hours/day. The average score was 31.0742 ± 15.05892 (8.3-75). There was a significant negative correlation between the right eye (r = -0.718, p = 0,000) and the left eye (r = -0.667, p = 0,000) with the GKZ. But there was a slight negative correlation between the right eye (r = -0.273, p = 0.032; r = -0.295, p = 0.020) and the left eye (r = -0.308), p = 0.015; r = -0.296, p = 0.019) and the Schirmer I-II tests. There was a meaningful difference between both favourite WORK score and the ocular surface paint score (p = 0,000). There was a meaningful relationship between the score and the time of use of the computer (r = 0.642, p = 0,000). But there was no correlation between age, gender, smoking, glasses and the score (p> 0.05). The result: Long-term computer use and longer working time can cause surface problems. In computer users, it was found that the daily time of computer use of OYHI was strongly linked to GKZ and ocular surface coloring scores.