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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Computer Vision Syndrome: An Ophthalmic Pathology of the Modern Era.

Irina Andreea Pavel, Camelia Margareta Bogdanici, Vlad Constantin Donica, Nicoleta Anton, Bogdan Savu, Cristina Petronela Chiriac, Cristian Dan Pavel, Silvia Cristina Salavastru

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Irina Andreea PavelDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street, No.16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1116-1585
Camelia Margareta BogdaniciDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street, No.16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9542-7714
Vlad Constantin DonicaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street, No.16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Nicoleta AntonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street, No.16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-4987-5049
Bogdan SavuDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street, No.16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Cristina Petronela Chiriac"Saint Spiridon" Emergency Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Cristian Dan PavelDepartment of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street, No.16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Silvia Cristina SalavastruDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street, No.16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital device usage has increased significantly in last decade among all age groups, both for educational and recreational purposes. Computer vision syndrome (CVS), also known as digital eye strain (DES), represents a range of ocular, musculoskeletal, and behavioral conditions caused by prolonged use of devices with digital screens. This paper reviews the principal environmental, ocular, and musculoskeletal causes for this condition. Due to the high prevalence of DES and frequent usage of digital devices, it is important that eye care practitioners be able to provide advice and management options based on quality research evidence.

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AsthenopiaComputersHumansPrevalenceRisk FactorsSyndromecomputer vision syndromedigital eye straingadgets

Identifiers

PMID36837613
PMCPMC9961559

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