STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF ART PAINTING COMBINED WITH SPORTS ON MYOPIA PREVENTION AND VISION IMPROVEMENT

To investigate the current vision status and health trend of computer science students at a certain university, and to compare the effects of exercise and painting on the prevention of myopia and the improvement of visual health.

The study involved testing and recording the vision of students from the 2020, 2021, and 2022 cohorts upon their entry to the university, analysing the changes in vision of the 2020 cohort students over three consecutive years, and recording the vision of students from the 2021 cohort who participated in basketball, table tennis, roller skating, and painting interest classes as well as non-interest classes. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 18.0 software, with the chi-square (χ2) test and chi-square trend test used for intergroup comparisons.

The rate of poor vision among new students showed an increasing trend over three consecutive years, at 84.72%, 87.22%, and 89.12%, respectively. The vision development of the 2020 cohort students showed a significant downward trend over three academic years (χ2 trend=16.829, P=0.000). After interventions involving exercise and painting, there was a significant difference in vision between students in the interest classes and those in the non-interest classes (χ2=11.429, P=0.010), with students in the interest classes showing noticeable improvements in visual health.

The rate of poor vision among computer science students at a certain university is on the rise. However, through interventions involving exercise and painting, students' visual health has significantly improved, and the rate of vision decline has been effectively slowed.