Jurnal Keperawatan Respati Yogyakarta
Vol 7 No 2 (2020): MAY 2020

The Frequency of Gadget Usage or Monitor Exposure and Eyestrain

Suwarsi Suwarsi (Universitas Respati Yogyakarta)
Januar Rizqi (Universitas Respati Yogyakarta)
Melania Wahyuningsih (Universitas Respati Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2020

Abstract

Monitor exposure from laptops or computers, cellphones and the frequency of their use, is still a suspected cause of eye disorders. The impact felt by students from monitor exposure is the appearance of eye fatigue, which results in impaired concentration and focus of learning. This study was conducted to examine the causes of eye fatigue caused by the duration, distance, time and lighting in the use of gadgets, monitor exposure. This type of the study is quantitative with an analytic observational design. The sample technique used consecutive sampling. The sample in this study was 118 Nursing students at Respati University, Yogyakarta The Bivariate test used independent T-test. The results of the study showed that the eye fatigue of students was 92.4%. The relationship test of time, distance, time, and lighting in the use of gadgets with eye fatigue obtained p value more than 0.05. The relationship between the use of eye glasses and eye fatigue was 0.008 (p value < 0.05. There are no significant different between length, distance, time and lighting in gadget use and monitor exposure and eye fatigue. There is a significant different between the used of eye glasses and eye fatigue.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JKRY

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Nursing

Description

Jurnal Keperawatan Respati Yogyakarta (p-ISSN: 2088-8872; e-ISSN:2541-2728 http://nursingjurnal.respati.ac.id/) adalah peer-reviewed journal yang mempublikasikan artikel-artikel ilmiah dari berbagai disiplin ilmu keperawatan. Artikel-artikel yang dipublikasikan di Jurnal Keperawatan Respati ...