Video Game Play Using Handheld Computer
Conditions
Brief summary
With the increasing reliance on tablet computers and smartphones in daily life, it is important to determine whether and how the prolonged usage of these handheld digital devices influences the working habits and refractive status. This study aimed to determine the effects of wearing conventional single-vision lenses vs. new progressive addition lenses on the working distance and refractive status while playing interactive video game in Chinese pre-presbyopic adult computer users.
Detailed description
Chinese adult computer users were recruited from two age cohorts. They were prescribed, in random order, with conventional single-vision lenses and progressive addition lenses designed for handheld digital display devices (iPad). Basic ocular parameters were measured through a comprehensive eye examination at the baseline visit. Working distance and refractive shift were measured immediately after delivering the lenses and after one month of lens wear. Working distance were recorded with an automatic ultrasound sensor while the participants were playing a 30-minute video game. Refractive-error shift before and after playing the video game were measured with an open-field autorefractor in both eyes and averaged.
Interventions
DEVICESpectacle lens
Wearing a spectacle lens design with corrective prescription power while playing computer game using an iPad tablet computer. Two lens designs were prescribed for each participant: the conventional single-vision lens and a new progressive addition lens designed for handheld digital device. Primary outcome measures were performed immediately after each lens delivery and one-month of lens wear.
Sponsors
Carl Zeiss
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Hong Kong Chinese * Computer users (computer usage \>2hours/day) * Spherical-equivalent refractive errors between plano and -9.00D and cylindrical power ≤2.50D
Exclusion criteria
* Anyone with visual acuity worse than 0 logMAR, anisometropia more than 2.00D, abnormal accommodative function, wearing rigid contact lens, and a history of ocular surgery and pathology
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in near working distance measured by an automatic ultrasound sensor | Change in near working distance after one month of lens wear | Near working distances were measured continuously over a 30-minute interval while the participant was playing computer games using an iPad tablet computer. The mode of the accumulative working distances was analyzed for each 30-minute interval collected immediately after the lens delivery and one-month after the lens wear. Absolute and relative changes in the working distances were analyzed and compared between two lens designs. |
| Change in refractive status measured by an automatic refractometer | Change in refractive status shift after one month of lens wear | Refractive status was measured before and after the participant played a 30-minute computer games using an iPad tablet computer. The refractive status shift (post-task refractive status minus pre-task refractive status) was calculated for each 30-minute game play immediately after the lens delivery and one-month after the lens wear. Absolute and relative changes in the refractive shirt were analyzed and compared between two lens designs. |
Outcome results
None listed