REGULAR CONTROL OF VISUAL CAPACITY IN CLERKS
Abstract
The effects on the eye function due to prolonged work with visual terminals has not yet been thoroughly studied. With this work we wish to underline the importance of regular controls of the visual capacity in clerks with sustained use of visual terminals.
We have investigated 223 employees of a bank, including 60 men and 163 women, with an average age of 32,6 ± 7,78 years. We have performed the medical control, investigating also the visual function using a VISIOTEST Essilor device.
Out of the 223 employees, 93 (41.7 %) were already known with eye pathology. 49 (52.69 %) of these had an adequate visual correction, and 44 (47.31 %) needed a specialist control according to the VISIOTEST investigation.
130 employees were not aware of having any eye pathology. 90 (69.23 %) of these had a normal eye function, and 40 (30.77 %) were adviced to see a specialist in oftalmology, as a result of our investigation.
Regular VISIOTEST eye function control helps detecting eye pathology as well as monitoring employees with a known diagnostic.
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