Vision syndrome due to the use of computers and psychological impact on teachers at a university in the province of Cañete

Abstract

Digital education has had consequences on the visual health of teachers and students during the pandemic generating a negative psychological impact, since being so long on the computer generates visual expenditure and therefore the person could present long-term visual problems, so the objective of the research is to determine the syndrome of vision by the use of computers and psychological impact in teachers of a University of the province of Cañete. It is a quantitative, descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional study, with a total population of 98 teachers providing them with a digital survey with sociodemographic aspects, the Computer Vision Syndrome Questionnaire and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale. In their results, it was observed that 64% (n=57) of teachers have a low level of vision syndrome and a high level of psychological impact. To conclude, it is necessary to take into account the advice to teachers and students on prevention measures on the complications of being on the computer and their consequences.