The ocular health and visual function status of sewing professionals of garment factories of Kathmandu Valley

• Published in: Cogent medicine Vol. 8; no. 1
• Main Authors: Sharma, Sadhana, Kharel Sitaula, Ranju, Mishra, Sanjeeb, Shrestha, Gulshan Bdr, Sharma, Anand Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Cogent 01.01.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: accommodative disorder; Acuity; Binocular vision; Clothing industry; Color vision; Convergence; Factories; garment factory; Morbidity; ocular morbidity; oculo-visual symptoms; Professionals; Refraction; sewing professionals; Vergence eye movements; Visual perception; Nepal; Kathmandu Nepal

Sewing professionals are engaged in extensive near work in a small and intensely condensed workspaces, thereby exposing themselves to different ocular and vision-related problems. In a cross-sectional study, 305 sewing professionals of garment factories were included and assessed for ocular and visi...