Effect of Health Promotion Program by using Eye Exercise on Eye Strain among Computer Users

Abstract

Objective : To studying the effects of health promotion program by using eye exercise on eye strain among computer users at Faculty of Medicine, Burapha University.

 Materrials and Methode: This research aimed at studying the effects of health promotion program by using eye exercise on eye strain among computer users. The study subjects included the staff from 15 divisions at Faculty of Medicine, Burapha University, who used computer more than two hours per day. Convenience sampling was used to obtain 53 subjects. A quasi-experiment with one-group pretest and posttest design was implemented. The subjects were individually advised about eye care, eye exercise and assisted by the researcher to arrange the environment around their working desks; afterwards, practicing self-care for 3 weeks as determined in the program protocol framed with the Orem’s concept of educative and supportive nursing system.  Data at pretest and posttest were collected using the Eye Strain Assessment Form and analyzed using descriptive statistics and McNemar test.

Results : The study results revealed that mean eye strain scores after participating the program (= 2.08, SD = 0.70) were less than that before the program (= 2.59, SD = 0.74) at significance level .05 ( = 0.50, SD = 1.01, 95% CI [0.22, 0.79], p-value = 0.001). Moreover, 16 out of 53 subjects (30.2%) reported eye strain before the program but only 3 of them (18.8%) still had eye strain after the program. Among 37 subjects (69.8%) who did not have eye strain before the program, 4 subjects (10.8%) reported of eye strain after the program. In sum, there were totally 7 out of 53 subjects (12.5%) reporting eye strain after the program. Using McNemar test, the result revealed that the proportion of participants who reported eye strain prior to the program significantly decreased after the program (p = 0.049)

            The study findings endorse the effectiveness of the health promotion program by eye exercise on eye strain among computer users and also support the use of supportive-educative nursing system to promote self-care for eye health and well-being. As a result, this health promotion program by eye exercise should be encouraged for implementing with computer users in the university and other organization.

 Conclusion : The health promotion program through eye management has an effect on the ability of people’s eyesight to work with computers .It was found that after using the program format, there were a group of subjects who had decreased eye fatigue