Pea, Wan Theng (2022) The impact of ocular exercises on headache symptoms and sleep quality among university students with refractive errors. Final Year Project, UTAR.
Abstract
Background and Objective: Refractive errors is common ocular condition among general populations. Refractive errors might be the causes of headache and decrease quality of sleep among general population. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of ocular exercises on headache characteristics and sleep quality and to investigate the correlation between refractive errors, quality of sleep and headache among university students with refractive errors. Methods: 39 students from UTAR Sungai Long campus with refractive errors were recruited after screening. Based on the type of refractive corrections, they were assigned to 2 experimental groups and 1 control group. 4 weeks of ocular exercises were performed to investigate the effect of ocular exercises on headache symptoms and sleep quality. The data collected were then analyzed using Paired-sample T-test, One-way ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation in IBM SPSS software statistics version 20. Results: In experimental Group 1 (Glasses), there was a significant improvement of headache characteristics (p=0.005) and sleep quality (p=0.010) compared to experimental Group 2 (Contact Lens) and Group 3 (Without wearing any glasses or contact lens). Fair to moderate correlation between refractive errors, headache (p<0.0001) (p=0.002), and sleep quality (p=0.018) were analyzed using Pearson analysis. Conclusion: In summary, there is a significant impact of ocular exercises on headache symptoms and sleep quality among university students in experiment Group 1. A fair to moderate association between refractive errors, headache and sleep quality was found in this study.
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