Table 1 Example of MEDLINE/PubMed and Google Scholar database searches to analyze the prevalence and predictors of Computer Vision Syndrome among employees who use the computers in Ethiopia
Sources | search engine | Number of studies |
|---|---|---|
PubMed | MeSH terms was (“int j Comput vis”[Journal] OR (“computer”[All Fields] AND “vision”[All Fields]) OR “computer vision”[All Fields]) AND (“syndrome”[All Fields] OR “syndromal”[All Fields] OR “syndromally”[All Fields] OR “syndrome”[MeSH Terms] OR “syndrome”[All Fields] OR “syndromes”[All Fields] OR “syndromes”[All Fields] OR “syndromic”[All Fields] OR “syndroms”[All Fields]) | 63 |
Science Direct | ((Computer vision syndrome OR vision disorders And predictors OR Associated factors) AND Ethiopia AND (incidence OR prevalence OR magnitude)) | 61 |
Google scholar | A combination of the above key terms (computer vision syndrome, vision disorder, eye problems, computer users, bank workers, secretaries, prevalence, magnitude, predictors, associated factor, Ethiopia) | 118 |
Manual search | 7 | |
Research repositories | 3 | |
From other database | 86 | |
Total retrieved articles | 338 | |
Finally full articles relevant to our review | 8 |