AIM: To research the clinical effects of visual display terminal(VDT)syndrome after local treatment near the eyes in combination with systemic comprehensive treatment.

METHODS: Totally 62 patients(124 eyes)with VDT syndrome were randomly divided into a trial group and a control group, 31 cases(62 eyes)in each group. In the control group, artificial tears as eye drops were given. In addition to the above local treatment with artificial tears, the trial group was also treated with the auricular acupressure and tuina at the acupoints near orbits and the whole body. A health education was carried out in both of the two groups. The course of the treatment of the two groups was 2wk. The symptomatic scores, and the amplitude of accommodation, facility of accommodation, accommodative response, near point of convergence and the ratio of accommodative convergence to accommodation(AC/A)based on refractive error correction of all the patients were detected before and after the treatment. The parameters gained before and after the treatment were compared for evaluating efficacy.

RESULTS: After treatment, the symptomatic scores and facility of accommodation of the two groups were significantly improved compared with those before treatment(P<0.05). Amplitude of accommodation and near point of convergence in the trial group were significantly improved after treatment(P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: Local treatment near the eyes in combination with systemic comprehensive treatment can effectively improve the accommodative and convergent functions of patients with VDT syndrome, and relieve their symptoms of asthenopia and fatigue.