The eyesight of the French has suffered greatly from successive confinements, which have led to overconsumption of screens, especially among young people.
- Three out of 4 adults report having a vision disorder, including nearly 8 out of 10 women, compared to just under 7 out of 10 men.
- After 55 years, 95% of French people report a visual problem.
Summer is the ideal time to “unhook” screens and rest your eyes, by engaging in other activities, preferably outdoors.
Because for months, the eyes have been put to the test. With the computer or smartphone screen as the only horizon, the eyesight of the French people has suffered greatly from successive confinements, as shown by the figures of the 16th Barometer of Visual Health, produced by OpinionWay for AsnaV.
The sight of the youngest in pain
Considered until then as insidious, imperceptible or not very painful, vision problems have, this time, been strongly expressed for many French people: 55% feel that they have put more strain on their sight since the start of the health crisis. Among young people aged 16 to 24, this figure jumps to 75%.
As a result, nearly 3 million teenagers and young adults have discovered new visual disorders. A third of French people have experienced previously unobserved visual disturbances this year, and 39% of the youngest spontaneously report a drop in vision or blurred vision, headaches, visual fatigue or other painful sensations in the eye level (tingling, burning, tearing, etc.).
Screen time explosion
Quite logically, the first reason invoked to explain these symptoms is screen consumption. The majority of French people estimate at more than 12 hours the daily time spent mainly on the computer and television since the start of the health crisis. For the youngest, the figure rises to more than 16 hours a day, which is mainly divided between the computer screen and the smartphone.
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