Digital eyestrain in school going children during covid times

Abstract

This 1.5 year follow up assessment was performed on 1000 school going students (grade 1 to grade 10). Out of these 1000 students 100 were taken as control, who voluntarily opted out of the use of E-learning environment of school. In the Assessment over 1.5 years, the visual acuity was monitored. The average value was Dependant on the total exposure time on the electronic gadgets, they were using. However in all the included students, the E-learning environment use time significantly affected the visual Acuity in all the students. The pathological causes of diminision of visual acuity were not included in the study.