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In this cross-sectional study, a randomized sample of 252 subjects from a university answered the Convergence Insufficiency Symptom Survey (CISS) questionnaire. In addition, questions were asked about blurred vision during and after near tasks, the number of hours per day spent in near vision, and whether or not they wore glasses. Furthermore, 110 subjects underwent an eye exam, including a refraction and accommodation assessment. The mean age of the subjects was 28.79 \u00b1 11.36 years, 62.3% reported wearing glasses, and on average 7.20 \u00b1 2.92 hours\/day was spent in near vision. The mean of the CISS score was 18.69 \u00b1 9.96, and according to its criteria, 38% of the subjects were symptomatic. Some symptoms were significantly (p &lt; 0.05) more frequent in subjects wearing glasses. Accommodative dysfunctions were present in 30.9% of the subjects, the most common being insufficiency of accommodation. We emphasise the importance of assessing symptomatology during the clinical examination in this group of subjects, as they spend many hours a day in near vision, as well as assessing accommodation, binocular vision, and the ergonomic work environment, which may be at the origin of the symptoms, in addition to the need to wear glasses.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vision8020038","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,19]],"date-time":"2024-06-19T04:21:28Z","timestamp":1718770888000},"page":"38","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Prevalence of Near-Vision-Related Symptoms in a University Population"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1033-3584","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jessica","family":"Gomes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre of Physics of the Universities of Minho and Porto, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2296-3073","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sandra","family":"Franco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre of Physics of the Universities of Minho and Porto, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"738","DOI":"10.1097\/OPX.0b013e31812f7546","article-title":"Computer use, symptoms, and quality of life","volume":"84","author":"Hayes","year":"2007","journal-title":"Optom. 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