A total of 795 students, aged between 18 and 25 years, from five universities in
Malaysia were surveyed. The prevalence of symptoms of CVS (one or more) was found
to be 89.9%; the most disturbing symptom was headache (19.7%) followed by eye strain
(16.4%). Students who used computer for more than 2 hours per day experienced
significantly more symptoms of CVS (p=0.0001). Looking at far objects in-between the
work was significantly (p=0.0008) associated with less frequency of CVS symptoms.
The use of radiation filter on the screen (p=0.6777) did not help in reducing the CVS