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Upaya untuk mengurangi kelelahan mata pada tenaga kerja yang menggunakan komputer di rumah sakit "X" Jakarta 2003

Scope: Computers at workplace as means of communication have been introduced since 1960. The use of computers has increased year by year. In accordance with this, complaints due to negative impact of using computers rise. Direct influence on eyes is eye fatigue or asthenopia. The goal of this study is to find the prevalence of eye fatigue at “X” Hospital with its casual factors before and after intervention. Methodology: This study used before and after trial test with intervention for four weeks on 48 respondents at “X” Hospital. The intervention in this study is by giving eye break at certain period and reading lamp with 300 lux illumination. The data were obtained from subjective complaints and measurements of accommodation amplitudes before and after using computers for two hours continuously. Results: The prevalence of eye fatigue on computer workers is 95.38 %. After intervention, the prevalence becomes 31.25 %. The factor influencing this study is lighting factor on reading-document table, which is less than 300 lux. Age, sex, education background, kinds of occupation, length of work, and illumination factors are not significant risk factors to eye fatigue. The changes after intervention are significant (p = 0.000). Conclusion: This study found significant changes between eye fatigue before and after intervention.
Key words: Eye fatigue, computer workers, eye break, proper lighting