A Study on Risk Factors of Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) Among Office Workers during Work from Home Mode

Abstract

Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is similarly recognized as Digital Eye Strain (DES), defined as a group of eye and vision-related problems related to comput-ers, tablets, e-reader, and cell phone use. Unfortunately, the study on Computer Vision Syndrome is still limited in Malaysia. This study will conduct on office workers who work in the manufacturing industry in Pasir Gudang, Johor, and work from home during this pandemic. Several risk factors contribute to the Computer Vision Syndrome: the type of work or department, computer visual screen usage, visible symptoms, lighting condition, time usage of a digital screen and others. Nearly 60 million office workers globally suffer from computer vi-sion syndrome and are unaware of their visual ergonomics during work from home until it becomes a health problem. This problem may affect the productiv-ity of work and the quality of their life. (Zalat et al., 2021). Several methods that have been used in this research are inferential and descriptive statistics. The data are analyzed according to the following steps: Pilot testing, full survey reliability test, non-response bias, data screening, and Exploratory Factors Analysis (EFA) and descriptive method. Data screening: Missing data, normality test, and outli-ers. The researcher obtained three constructions of factors after the data had been evaluated. From the 12 factors, all the elements are kept, which implies there are no removal factors for the risk factors which lead to Computer Vision Syndrome. The results of this study show that the actions taken to reduce the risk of Computer Vision Syndrome among office workers in the Pasir Gudang area who were working from home were effective. In addition, the research’s goals were met with great success. The findings of this study have also led to rec-ommendations and ideas that may be used in future research.