AGE, GENDER AND LENGTH OF WORK WITH

COMPUTER VISION SYNCROM COMPLAINTS AT

COMPUTER USERS IN ELECTRICITY COMPANY
YOGYAKARTA

Regita Syafira1 , Subhan Zul Ardi2

Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta,
Indonesia,
Background
• Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is a problem faced by people who spend
many hours each day in front of a computer screen (1).
• CVS complaints can be caused by 3 factors, namely: individual factors,
including: age, gender, tenure, contact lenses, eye break time 20/20/20,
use of glasses, refractive abnormalities, flashing frequency, treatment
history, disease history, duration of work .
• 6 workers as representatives of CVS complaints, there were 2 men and 4
women. Respondents over the age of 40 numbered 3 people with more
than 5 years working in front of the computer. Complaints that often occur
when using a computer are tired and tense eyes, dry and irritated eyes,
headaches, painful eyes, twins see eyes, difficulty in focusing vision and
blurred vision because in a day using an average computer 6-7 hours and
not there is a screen guard on the monitor screen
Methods
• Quantitative analytical Research with cross sectional survey method.
• Sampling methods uses total sample with 65 people.
• Data analysis used univariate analysis and bivariate analysis (chi
square)
• Instrument:
Results and Discussion
Univariate analysis
Variable Type Quantity Percentage
Age >40 years 43 66
< 40 years 36 34
Length of work >5 years 60 92
<5 years 5 8
Gender Man 36 55
Woman 29 45
CVS complain Positif CVS (3 47 72,3
symptomp)
Negatif CVS (less 18 27,3
than 3 and never)
Age group Keluhan CVS Am p CI Based on the results of the bivariate analysis of the relationship
between sexes with CVS complaints on computer user workers at
Ya CVS Tidak oun Val Electricity Company Gedong Kuning Yogyakarta , found that the
significant value is 0,000 (p value <0.05). That is, there is a relationship
CVS t ue between age and CVS complaints on computer user workers at
N % N % Electricity Company Gedong Kuning Yogyakarta . The results of Odds
Ratio (OR) = 10,978 (95% CI: 3,109-38,768), meaning that the risk of
Age ≤ 40 9 15,9 13 6, 22 3,1 CVS events in computer user workers at the age of ≥ 40 years is 10,978
years 1 09- times greater than the age of ≤ 40 years. CVS occurrence opportunities
for computer user workers with male sex are 10,978 times greater
Age ≥ 40 38 31,1 5 11 43 0,0 38, than female sex.
years ,9 00 764 Gender CVS symptomps Am p CI
Total 50 50% 18 15 65 group oun Val
Ya CVS No CVS
Amount % t ue
N % N %
Based on the results of the chi-square test it can be said that
there is a relationship between age and CVS complaints on Man 28 26,0 8 10, 36 0,4
computer user workers at Electricity Company Gedong Kuning
Yogyakarta . The results of Odds Ratio (OR) = 10,978 (95% CI: % 0% 13 0,6
3,109-38,768) which means the chance of CVS occurrence in Woman 19 21,8 10 8,0 29 15-
computer user workers at the age of ≥ 40 years is 0.034 times
greater than the age of ≤ 40 years. % % 5,5
Total 50 50% 15 15 65 18
Amount %
Working CVS complain Am p CI The results of the bivariate analysis of the
relationship between tenure and CVS Complaints
periode Ya CVS No CVS ounVal using the chi-square test found that the significant
value was 0.028 (p value <0.05). In the expected
N % N % t
ue count there are 2 (50%) cells which are more than
≤ 5 years 1 3,6 4 1,4 5 0,0 1,35 5, then the alternative test is done using the fisher
exact formula and the results obtained are 1.51
% % 28 6- (151%), the statistics obtained are 0.18 (p> 0.05)
(alternative hypothesis rejected), it can be
≥ 5 years 43, 11 16, 60 127, concluded that there is no relationship between
46 4% 6% 406 years of service with CVS complaints on computer
user workers at Electricity Company Gedong
Total 50 50 15 15 65 Kuning Yogyakarta . The results of Odds Ratio
(OR) = 0.056 (95% CI: 1,356-127,406), meaning
amount % % that the risk of CVS events in computer user
workers with a working period of ≥ 5 years is
13,143 times greater than computer user workers
with a working period of ≤ 5 years.
Conclusion
From the results of research and discussion it can be concluded that:
a. There is a relationship between age and CVS complaints on computer user
workers at Electricity Company Gedong Kuning Yogyakarta .
b. There is no relationship between sex with CVS complaints on computer user
workers at Electricity Company Gedong Kuning Yogyakarta .
c. There is no relationship between years of service with CVS complaints on
computer user workers at Electricity Company Gedong Kuning Yogyakarta