Visual health in the workplace: evaluation of corporate responsibility and its impact on productivity
Keywords:
CONDICIONES DE TRABAJO; ERGONOMÍA; RENDIMIENTO LABORAL; SALUD OCULAR.; WORKING CONDITIONS; ERGONOMICS; WORK PERFORMANCE; EYE HEALTH.; CONDIÇÕES DE TRABALHO; ERGONOMIA; DESEMPENHO PROFISSIONAL; SAÚDE OCULAR.Abstract
Introduction: employer responsibility in workers’ visual health involves the duty to protect employees from risks inherent to their occupational activity, whether professional diseases or work-related accidents affecting vision.
Objective: to characterize employer responsibility in the visual health of workers.
Methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in 2025 with 30 employees from Universidad Uniandes Quevedo, Quito, Ecuador. Data were collected through a questionnaire designed by the authors, which assessed employer responsibility regarding workers’ visual health.
Results: 90 % of participants perceived institutional concern for their visual health, although 40 % reported ocular irritation and 23,3 % visual fatigue. Ocular dryness affected 13,3 %, while blurred vision and photosensitivity were present in 10 % each. Regarding ergonomics, 66,6 % expressed dissatisfaction with their workstation. Additionally, 80 % indicated not having received training on visual health prevention in the workplace. These findings reveal a discrepancy between perceived corporate responsibility and actual preventive and ergonomic conditions.
Conclusions: The study identified ocular irritation and visual fatigue as the most common pathologies among workers, highlighting the need for preventive interventions. High dissatisfaction with workstation ergonomics emerges as a critical area requiring immediate attention.
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