Evaluation of computer vision syndrome in the sample of students from the College of Medicine/University of Kerbala result of online learning with the isolation of COVID-19

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AbstractBackgroundA complex of vision problems related to stress the vision is experienced during the use of the computer or any digital device. Many of the visual problems that users report is just transient and go away after they stop using computers or other digital devices. Even after stopping their computer job, some people may still have diminished visual abilities, such as blurry distance vision.Subject and MethodThis is a cross-sectional study conducted at the University of Kerbala College of Medicine, which was completed between November 2021 and January 2022, to students of the College of Medicine given student questionnaires about the effects of long-time use of computers, laptops, and mobile phones.ResultThe cross-section studies with questionnaires to 460 students of the College of the Medicine/ University of Karbala, included these studies, we drew lines for the criteria to identify a computer vision syndrome from these associated ocular and extraocular symptoms and recorded a high prevalence of the Computer Vision syndrome reached 91.6%.