| Document ID (ISN) | 78123 |
| CIS number |
02-178 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1040-5488 - Optometry and Vision Science |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Saw S.M., Chia S.E., Chew S.J |
| Title |
Relation between work and myopia in Singapore women |
| Bibliographic information |
1999, Vol.76, No.6, p.393-396. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
The relationship between occupational activities and the onset as well as worsening of myopia among women was investigated. Information on working status, the number of hours of close-up work activity and the existence and degree of myopia was obtained by face-to-face interviews with 374 women. In addition, a sub-sample of 84 women was interviewed over the telephone. The adjusted odds ratio for myopia in working women was 1.9 and the adjusted odds ratio for high myopia (> -6.0 D) was 1.6. Women who were working also had higher rates of adult-onset myopia, odds ratio 4.4, and a later age of cessation of myopia than nonworking women. The study shows that work was related to myopia in Singapore women. However, work may be a surrogate for other risk factors, close-up work activities such as reading, writing, and computer use. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
myopia; women; occupation disease relation; Singapore |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
visual display terminals; cross-sectional study; office work |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Singapore |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the eye and vision damage
|
