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ARAOZ, Edwin Gustavo Estrada; AQUISE, Jhemy Quispe; VILCA, Sara Agripina Ttito  y  ARRAYA, Kharla Madelinth Pilco. Computer visual syndrome in nursing students of a Peruvian public university during the health emergency. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.14, pp.573-583.  Epub 30-Ago-2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i14.170.

The COVID-19 health emergency forced the virtualization of face-to-face activities (studies, work and socializing) to comply with mandatory social isolation provisions and prevent contagion rates from increasing. Therefore, it was necessary for people to be constantly connected to digital devices. In this sense, the objective of the present research was to analyze the levels of computer visual syndrome in students of a Peruvian public university during the COVID-19 health emergency. The approach was quantitative, the design was non-experimental and the type was cross-sectional descriptive. The sample consisted of 145 nursing students who were administered the Computer Visual Syndrome Questionnaire (SVI-Q), an instrument with adequate levels of reliability and content-based validity. According to the results, the level of computer visual syndrome of 43.4% of the students was moderate, 33.8% was low, while 22.8% was high. The main symptoms they presented were burning or stinging of the eyes, tearing and ocular redness. Similarly, it was established that some sociodemographic and ergonomic variables such as sex, time of exposure to the devices and the use of preventive strategies were significantly associated with computer visual syndrome. Finally, it was concluded that students were characterized by presenting moderate levels of computer visual syndrome, so that the implementation of preventive strategies was necessary to reduce its prevalence.

Palabras clave : Vision disorders; Students; Distance education; Coronavirus.

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