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Objective Measurement of Ocular Fatigue Associated With Persistent Use of Smartphone

Objective Measurement of Ocular Fatigue Associated With Persistent Use of Smartphone

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0004812
Enrollment
26
Registered
2020-03-10
Start date
2019-07-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-03-23

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : healthy adults without any ophthalmic disease history were asked to watch the documentary movie, using two different sizes of smart devices
smartphones and tablets. Before and after using the device, the near point accommodation (NPA) and the near point convergence (NPC) waere measured, and objective accommodation was measured using an au

Sponsors

Chung-Ang Univerisity Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Among the participants, only those who had no history of ocular disease except correctable refractive error and were able to use smart devices were included, aged 19 to 40 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: patients who were unable to use smart devices due to other problems. Patients who had undergone operations other than refractive surgery were also excluded, and there were no restrictions related to astigmatism.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
accommodation (For the evaluation of accommodative function, the near point of accommodation (NPA), near point of convergence (NPC), accommodative responses to each stimulus at different distances were measured before and after using each smart device.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
subjective ocular discomfort (Ocular discomfort was assessed using a validated Korean version of questionnaire, ODAS (ocular discomfort analog scale)

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactNamJu Moon

Chung-Ang Univerisity Hospital

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026