Effects on the eye due to digital devices usage in childre
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H525- Disorders of accommodation
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/09/028008
- Lead Sponsor
- Sankara Eye Hospital Bangalore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Children between 8-18 years age group with
i. Visual Acuity of 6/6
ii. Children with BCVA of 6/6 with spectacle usage for at least 1 month
iii. With refractive errors -3.00 to +3.00 D, < 2 D astigmatism, anisometropia < 1D
- Usage of digital devices at least for 1 hour per day and 1 month prior to the study.
- Children with eye disease like vernal keratoconjunctivitis, strabismus, cataract and amblyopia.
- Children who have undergone any form of ocular surgery in the past.
- Children with eye lid disorders like trichiasis, distichiasis, epiblepharon, lagophthalmos or ptosis.
- Children with previously diagnosed accommodation/convergence problems
- Children with any systemic conditions like diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, SLE, Rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, etc.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Type of convergence and accomodation problem arising in children due to digital device usage.Timepoint: at the end of the study
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)severity of symptoms increased with many device usage than single device usage. <br/ ><br>2)severity increases in children associated with refractive error than those without refractive errors. <br/ ><br>3)number of partial blink rate increases and total blink rate decreases with increase in the digital device use.Timepoint: at the end of the study