Assessment of the visual acuity among medical students who use the electronic devices during study 2022-2023

Refractive errors, especially myopia, have been more common in recent years and are continuing to rise internationally.Information on the causes of vision decline provide a solid foundation for recommendations in public health policy, such as national budgeting and health-care planning, as well as scientific research.Objective: Our aim is to assess the relation between Visual acuity and time of studying on electronic devices among deferent academic level of the medical student.This study will be cross-sectional.The target population is medical students' males and females in Riyadh, KSA with a total sample of 253.Methods: A cross-sectional design was conducted; the study was based on a visual acuity examination and questionnaire that is prepared especially for it.The data was cleared, coded and entered by using (SPSS).Result: The study included 253 medical students who completed the visual examination and the study questionnaire in which 53.8 %were female and 46.2% were males mean age of participants was 22 years.We found that 32.42% of participant had 6/6 of visual acuity.Conclusion: The study concludes that there is association between visual acuity and the time spent on studying using electronic devices.

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