Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

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Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...

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Adheesh Sindhwani, Tania Moudgil*, Barinder Kaur, Amandeep Arora


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Binge watching and its effects on ocular health among young adults


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Author Details : Adheesh Sindhwani, Tania Moudgil*, Barinder Kaur, Amandeep Arora

Volume : 8, Issue : 2, Year : 2022

Article Page : 276-280

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2022.055



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Abstract

Purpose: To assess the effects of binge watching on ocular health.
Materials and Methods: A short term (2 months) descriptive study was conducted on young adults aged 18 years - 26 years of a medical college of North India. Sample size was 492 participants. A pre-validated questionnaire was administered online to the participants collecting data on demographics, attitudes and practices of binge watching and ocular symptoms they experienced. Then they were subjected to ocular examination. Schirmer test 1 and tear break up time were conducted to diagnose dry eye. Data was compared between the two subsets of binge-watching and non-binge-watching, the association between binge-watching and observations were established by chi-square test.
Results: A total of 492 young adults participated in the study. Prevalence of binge-watching among the participants was 54.87%. A significant association was found between the use of streaming services and binge-watching (p-value = 0.002128). A significant association was found between binge-watching and discomfort in eyes (p-value = 0.008882), trouble sleeping (p-value = 0.003455), blurring of vision (p-value = 0.042263) and pain in neck and shoulder (p-value = 0.000042). The binge-watching subset was associated with dry eyes as found by Tear Breakup Time Test (TBUT) (OU p-value= <<0> Conclusion: The practice of binge-watching has a negative effect on ocular health.
 

Keywords: Addiction, Binge watching, Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Motion pictures, Surveys and questionnaires, Television, Young adults


How to cite : Sindhwani A, Moudgil T, Kaur B, Arora A, Binge watching and its effects on ocular health among young adults. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2022;8(2):276-280

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