PENGARUH DURASI PENGGUNAAN KOMPUTER TERHADAP KEJADIAN KOMPUTER VISION SYNDROME (CVS) PADA PEGAWAI DI KANTOR WALIKOTA BANDA ACEH

Abstract

Abstract: The use of computers can cause serious and varied problems. Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is themost common issue in workers due to long-term use of computer screens. Symptoms ranging from dry eyes, burningsensations, eye irritation, blurred vision, and eyestrain arise after working with the monitor for three hours or morein a day. This research was conducted to find out the influence of the duration of computer usage with CVS onemployees who use computers at the Mayor’s office of Banda Aceh. This was a quantitative research with crosssectional method. The population in this study is employees who work at the Mayor’s office of Banda Aceh. Therespondents were 60 employees chosen through total sampling technique. The data collection tool used selfdevelopedquestionnaires. The results showed that from the total of 18 respondents whose duration of computerusage was in the light category, totaled 13 respondents (72.2%) did not experience computer vision syndrome, andfrom 14 respondents whose duration of computer usage was in heavy category, totaled 9 respondents (64,3%) havecomputer vision syndrome. The results of statistical analysis indicated that there was influence of duration ofcomputer usage toward the occurrence of computer vision syndrome on employees who work at the Mayor’s officeof Banda Aceh (ρ-value = 0,042) The conclusion of the study indicates that there is influence of duration ofcomputer usage toward the occurrence of computer vision syndrome on employees who work at the Mayor’s officeof Banda Aceh. It is expected that the municipality will seek awareness-raising on all staff in their respectivesections to maintain and care more about their own health while working.