Articles Vol. 66 No. CĐ3-HNKH Ký Sinh Trùng VN lần thứ 51 24/03/2025

38. RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME SPENT USING SMARTPHONES AND THE MYOPIA IN ETHNIC BOARDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VINH CITY, NGHE AN PROVINCE. YEAR 2023-2024

Tran Tat Thang1,2, Nguyen Sa Huynh3,4
1 Nghe An Eye Hospital – Nghi Phu Ward, Vinh City, Nghe An Province, Viet Nam
2 Bệnh viện Mắt Nghệ An – Nghi Phú, Tp Vinh, Tỉnh Nghệ An, Việt Nam
3 Nghe An Eye Hospital
4 Bệnh viện Mắt Nghệ An
Corresponding author: sahuynhnguyen@gmail.com
DOI: 10.52163/yhc.v66iCĐ3.2169
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myopia smartphone use time high school students
Abstract

Objectives: Describe the time spent using smartphones and the relationship with myopia in ethnic boarding high school students. 

Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 1558 students at 2 ethnic boarding high schools in Vinh city, Nghe An province from September 2023 to the end of March 2024.

Results: All students use smartphones more than 1 hour/day, of which 56.58% of students use smartphones more than 3 hours/day, the average usage time is 3.36 hours/day. Female students have an average usage time of 4.08 hours/day, 3.02 hours/day higher than male students (p<0.05). The overall rate of myopia is 29.01% among ethnic boarding high school students. The prevalence of myopia is 19.81% in students who use the phone less than 2 hours a day, increasing to 22.87% of myopia in the group that uses the phone 2-3 hours a day and uses the phone more than 3 hours per day, the prevalence of myopia is 35.10%. The difference in increased phone usage time and increased myopia is statistically significant with p < 0.01. Time spent using the phone over 3 hours per day increases the risk of myopia with OR: 2.1 (95%CI: 1.65- 2.90) compared to using the phone less than 2 hours per day.

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