Salud visual en el estudiante de la carrera de enfermería de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato a causa de la teleeducación

Abstract

The last decade has been characterized by the increase in new technologies, daily the population continues to exceed the recommended number of hours in front of data display screens. All this after the pandemic began and produced that many of the activities that we usually carry out in person became virtual, such as education. The objective of the research was to establish the visual health condition in the students of the Nursing Career of the Technical University of Ambato. A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out, carried out in the period May 2021-June 2021. The sample consisted of 297 students from the Nursing Career of the Technical University of Ambato. To whom the Questionnaire / Scale of Computer Vision Symptoms CVSS17 was applied. This data collection instrument was developed, validated and qualified through Rasch analysis. In addition, it was tested by researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid. It was obtained as results that the majority of students, that is, 32% (96) present a Level 4 or Severe of visual symptoms, followed by 28% (82) who result in a Level 5 or Very Severe, we continually find those who have a Level 3 or Moderate 24% (71), likewise 8% (23) in Level 2 or Mild, and in Level 1 or Asymptomatic 8% (25). It was concluded that the visual health condition of the students of the Nursing Career is greatly affected by Tele-education.