A Systematic Review on Visual Fatigue Induced by Tiny Screens (Smartphones)

Smartphones are the friendly gadgets with emerging technology in a current-generation which made everything accessible with a single touch. They occupied huge space in our daily life, the continues utilization of smartphone in our everyday life leads to affect the focus, attention and create functio...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2020-08, Vol.912 (6), p.62009
Main Authors: Bhanu Priya, D, Subramaniyam, Murali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Fatigue
New technology
Scientific papers
Signs and symptoms
Smartphones
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Summary:Smartphones are the friendly gadgets with emerging technology in a current-generation which made everything accessible with a single touch. They occupied huge space in our daily life, the continues utilization of smartphone in our everyday life leads to affect the focus, attention and create functional impairments to the users. It is required to understand what are the prevalence, symptoms and factors of smartphone addiction and how it affects the individual health. Also, what are the techniques available to analyse the visual fatigue caused by smartphone? Detailed search of scientific articles from the various database for the past ten years with selected keywords visual fatigue, eye activity, usage duration, smartphone addiction. Due to the rising trend of addiction to smartphone, visual fatigue has become a negative concept, and scientists have mostly focused on its harmful applications. With authors knowledge, no studies related to visual fatigue were found in India. The excessive utilization of smartphone can cause visual and musculoskeletal disorders also damage one's interpersonal skills.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/912/6/062009