Study of the Association Between Digital Eye Syndrome With Binocular Vision and the Ocular Surface in Higher Education Students in the Area of Health Technologies (DESIROUS)

New University of Lisbon

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Digital Eye Strain

Treatments: Other: Exposure; Diagnostic Test: Tear film Break Up Time (BUT) test (Outcome measure); Diagnostic Test: Orthoptic assessment (Outcome measure)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05675475

DESIROUS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to determinate the association between DES and changes in binocular vision and ocular surface. in higher education students in the area of health technologies. The main questions it aims to determine the prevalence of Digital Eye Syndrome (DES); the association between DES and changes in binocular vision and ocular surface; whether the time of use and the type of electronic devices influences the degree and type of symptoms of DES; and to determine whether there is an association between the type of ametropia and the symptoms of DES. Participants will have to answer 3 questionnaires (the Computer Vision Syndrome Questionnaire; the Convergence Insufficiency Symptoms Survey, and the Dry Eye Questionnaire (DEQ-5)) and then they will perform an orthoptic assessment and an assessment of the ocular surface with the tear film Break Up Time (BUT) test.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 39 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students of the first, second and third year of the degrees offered by Lisbon School of Health Technology, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa;
• Age between 18 to 39 years;
• Accept and sign the consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Working Students;
• Students with known binocular vision disorders;
• Previous eye surgeries.