Computer Usage and Risk Attendance among Students of Office and Information Management and Medical Laboratory Science Students: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Information and communication technology is an important aspect of education across the global and is necessary that every student and non-students should know. There is an increase in risk associated with computer usage. This study was carried out to x-ray the risk arising from computer usage. The aim of this study is to ascertain computer usage and risk attendance among students of Office and Information Management and Laboratory Science Students, a comparative study.The study revealed that 72.57% (82/113) were between the ages 19-25, 22.12% (25/113) were between 26-32 and 5.31% (6/113) were between 33-36 years. Again, 73.21% (82/112) of the participants were students alone, while 26.79% (30/112) were both students and working class. 53.47% (54/101) of the students were from the department of Office and Information Management while 46.53% (47/101) were from the department of Medical Laboratory Students. 95.56% (108/113) of the students are computer literate and 4.42% (5/113) of the students are non-computer literate. However, 46.49% (53/114) of the participating students sit erect and 53.51% (61/114) bend forward while operating the computers and 56.14% (64/114) of the students experienced pain and 43.86% (50/114) do not experienced pain. 55.70% (44/79) of the participants have back pain, 32.91% (26/79) have waist pain and 11.39% (9/79) have leg’s pain.47.27% (52/110) of the students maintain sitting distance of 10cm from the computer’s screen, 40% (44/110) maintained a distance of 15cm and 12.73% (14/110) maintained a distance of 20cm. Also, 49.45% (45/91) of the student’s experienced eyes pain, 29.6% (27/91) experienced eyes discharge, 12.09% (11/91) experienced eye itching and 8.79% (8/91) experienced red eyes.