Study on the Status of Eye Health of Workers of Visually Demanding Occupation in Selected Settings of Bangladesh

Abstract

In the visually demanding occupations extensive function of eyes are involve. So workers of such professions are prone asthenopia which is known in the medical term eye fatigue. The study was aimed to assess the overall condition of eye health of workers of such professions emphasizing on the prevalence of asthenopia. The survey was conducted on 306 workers of varied visually demanding professions. Among them 87 were garment workers and 219 were general tailors. About 20% of garments worker and 58% of general tailor were found to be asthenopic. Among the symptoms redness of eye (2.94%), excess tearing (3.26%), eye pain (2.94%) were found to be more common. This study shows small fragment of the visually demanding workers of Bangladesh. In order to obtain a more comprehensive knowledge, further studies should be carried out on larger population and on more sorts of professions.