Abstract
Objective:
To investigate the prevalence of visual discomfort and convergence failure in professors.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was done, consisting of 60 teachers of both sexes, of the Centro Universitário FAG, which used the Convergence Insufficiency Symptom Survey, validated for the Brazilian population.
Results:
Of those surveyed 55.0% are female. 48.3% respondents spend less than two hours a day reading, with 40.0% of respondents said they do 30-minute breaks for one hour during reading and 63.3% said they spend between 2-5 hours a day in front of the computer. With regard to research on diseases of the visual system, 25.0% reported having myopia, with 55.0% of individuals use these glasses and 41.7% use it frequently. The research of the prevalence of convergence insufficiency, gave an average of 12.4(1.8) %.
Conclusion:
It was found that most respondents presented with visual discomfort and small percentages were affected by CI.
Keywords:
Visual acuity; Ocular motility disorders; Vision disorders; Vision, binocular