A study of subjective visual disturbances in jewellery manufacturing.
Work
; 41 Suppl 1: 3404-11, 2012.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22317239
Subjective Visual Disturbances are silent adversaries that appear over a period of continued exposure and arise when the visual demands of the tasks exceed the visual abilities of the user. Jewellery manufacturing activity involves precision designs, setting the metal and stones, polishing and filing which requires higher visual demand. Therefore, it is expected that the jewellery manufacturing workers may experience subjective visual disturbances. This study was taken up with the following objectives 1) To study the presence of subjective visual disturbances among jewellery manufacturing workers and compare the same with VDT operators 2) To study the effect of work exposures on subjective visual disturbances and 3) to ascertain whether subjective visual disturbances have any permanent vision related problems. The study was carried out on jewellery manufacturing workers, VDT operators and on graduate students. The symptoms of subjective visual disturbances were identified using a questionnaire developed by Sheedy (2003). Viewing distances were measured and visual angles were calculated. The eye check--ups were also carried out. The subjective visual disturbances were higher in jewellery manufacturing workers. The findings suggest that work exposure has an impact on the causation of subjective visual disturbances. No pathological conditions of the eyes were observed.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Oftalmopatías
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Joyas
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Enfermedades Profesionales
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Work
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos