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Abstract

Globally, electronic devices are becoming more and more common; they are becoming a necessary tool for daily living and a portable technology that everybody can use. Aims to assess the effects of using electronic devices on the health condition of college students in particular eyes health on the other hands to evaluate internal and external symptoms that arise from prolonged use of electronic devices. A cross‑sectional study was performed between November 2022 to April 2023, a sample of 99 student was selected conveniently from students of college of health and medical techniques. All students accept to full the questionnaire and undergo the examination were include in the study. those refused to answer the questionnaire or undergo the examination were excluded. In the existing study 99 students were involved, more than half of them 69.7% was 20-24 years old, the majority of them were males 57.6%, around 62% were not wearing glasses. The range of using electronic devices between 1-14 hours per day. The most commonly reported symptoms were eye strain 65.7% and headache 53.5% whereas watery/dry eye and difficulty in focusing were (44.4% & 42.4%) respectively. More than half of those with tilted position while using electronic devices associated significantly with headache symptoms p-value at 0.025 and watery/ dry eye p-value at 0.029. The significant relationship found between hours consumed on devices and symptoms as headache and watery/ dry eye with p-value 0.035 & 0.019 consequently. Highly association of head posture while using electronic devices with convergence p- value 0.000. Headache and wet/dry eyes are strongly associated with the amount of time spent in the ED. Major symptoms among students was eye strain followed by headache, watery/ dry eye then difficulty in focusing. Perform 20-20-20 rule, every 20 minutes look away at 20 feet for 20 second, also blinking more to refresh eyes. Pay attention to head posture to be in straight position. Avoid using these devices for more than one hour continuously.

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