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Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia

This study intended to determine visual health of the school children and investigate its relationship with screen time. This was a school-based cross-sectional study using multistage cluster sampling. A self-reported and interviewer-administered questionnaire were used to compile screen time inf...

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Main Authors:	Ting, Siew Leng, Rosalia, Saimon, Mizanur, Rahman, Razitasham, Safii, Ho, Siat Lian, Nancy, John, Lim, Lik Thai, Nazirin, Arsad
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	EBSCO 2021
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36099/1/visual1.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36099/ https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-joe/article/view/24607
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spelling	my.unimas.ir.360992021-09-13T08:38:19Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36099/ Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia Ting, Siew Leng Rosalia, Saimon Mizanur, Rahman Razitasham, Safii Ho, Siat Lian Nancy, John Lim, Lik Thai Nazirin, Arsad R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine This study intended to determine visual health of the school children and investigate its relationship with screen time. This was a school-based cross-sectional study using multistage cluster sampling. A self-reported and interviewer-administered questionnaire were used to compile screen time information. Children presenting visual acuity was evaluated with Snellen chart and non-cycloplegic refraction was performed to those acuities worse than 6/12. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 22. A p-value ≤0.05 with 95% CI was considered as statistically significant. About 87% children had normal or near normal visual acuity and 13% had visual impairment. The prevalence of refractive error was 22.8%. Astigmatism was the most prevailing type of refractive error, 10%. The children spent on average of 13.82 hours per week on screen time. Television is the most popular electronic devices. Boy spent more time on gaming consoles than girl. There was no statistically significant relationship between refractive error and screen time (p=0.581). The prevalence of refractive error among school children was 23%. The children spent nearly 14 hours per week on screen time. There was no statistically significant relationship between refractive error and screen time. Periodical children vision screening is paramount for early detection of vision impairment and provide possible intervention. EBSCO 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36099/1/visual1.pdf Ting, Siew Leng and Rosalia, Saimon and Mizanur, Rahman and Razitasham, Safii and Ho, Siat Lian and Nancy, John and Lim, Lik Thai and Nazirin, Arsad (2021) Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia. International Journal of Online & Biomedical Engineering, 17 (8). pp. 168-175. ISSN 2626-8493 https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-joe/article/view/24607
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine Ting, Siew Leng Rosalia, Saimon Mizanur, Rahman Razitasham, Safii Ho, Siat Lian Nancy, John Lim, Lik Thai Nazirin, Arsad Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
description	This study intended to determine visual health of the school children and investigate its relationship with screen time. This was a school-based cross-sectional study using multistage cluster sampling. A self-reported and interviewer-administered questionnaire were used to compile screen time information. Children presenting visual acuity was evaluated with Snellen chart and non-cycloplegic refraction was performed to those acuities worse than 6/12. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 22. A p-value ≤0.05 with 95% CI was considered as statistically significant. About 87% children had normal or near normal visual acuity and 13% had visual impairment. The prevalence of refractive error was 22.8%. Astigmatism was the most prevailing type of refractive error, 10%. The children spent on average of 13.82 hours per week on screen time. Television is the most popular electronic devices. Boy spent more time on gaming consoles than girl. There was no statistically significant relationship between refractive error and screen time (p=0.581). The prevalence of refractive error among school children was 23%. The children spent nearly 14 hours per week on screen time. There was no statistically significant relationship between refractive error and screen time. Periodical children vision screening is paramount for early detection of vision impairment and provide possible intervention.
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author	Ting, Siew Leng Rosalia, Saimon Mizanur, Rahman Razitasham, Safii Ho, Siat Lian Nancy, John Lim, Lik Thai Nazirin, Arsad
author_facet	Ting, Siew Leng Rosalia, Saimon Mizanur, Rahman Razitasham, Safii Ho, Siat Lian Nancy, John Lim, Lik Thai Nazirin, Arsad
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title	Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short	Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full	Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort	visual health and its relationship with screen time among school children a cross-sectional study in sarawak, malaysia
publisher	EBSCO
publishDate	2021
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36099/1/visual1.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36099/ https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-joe/article/view/24607
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Visual Health and Its Relationship with Screen Time Among School Children A Cross-Sectional Study in Sarawak, Malaysia

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