Research Article

Digital Device Use, Computer Vision Syndrome, and Sleep Quality among an African Undergraduate Population

Table 3

CVS by participant characteristics and digital device use behavior.

Participants characteristicCVS frequency (%)

GenderMale102 (62.58)
Female131 (65.83)

Age≤2095 (64.63)
21–25134 (65.05)
26–304 (44.44)

Year of college1st17 (54.84)
2nd61 (66.3)
3rd59 (68.6)
4th96 (62.75)

Years of digital device use<550 (36.23)
5–1076 (80)
>10107 (82.95)

Digital device use per day (hours)<337 (36.64)
3–6106 (70.2)
>690 (81.82)

Frequent break during digital device useYes168 (61.09)
No65 (74.71)

Digital device brightness/contrast adjustmentYes188 (63.51)
No45 (66.18)

Anti-glare device useYes34 (68.0)
No199 (63.78)