Increasing compliance with stretch breaks in computer users through reminder software.
In order for a repetitive strain injury (RSI) prevention program to be effective, it is important to implement strategies to maintain a client's compliance with the program. This quantitative study explored the effectiveness of computer reminder software in increasing compliance with a stretching pr...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 107 - 112 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2003
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106702011&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106702011 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2003 vid: 21 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 106702011 106702011 2004033497 10.3233/wor-2003-00312 NLM14501089 106702011 ppf: 107 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Increasing compliance with stretch breaks in computer users through reminder software. aug: au: Monsey M Ioffe I Beatini A Lukey B Santiago A James AB affil: University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117; monsey@hartford.edu sug: subj: Computers and Computerization Utilization Cooperative Behavior Reminder Systems Stretching Adult Convenience Sample Descriptive Statistics Female Male Middle Age P-Value Pilot Studies Power Analysis Quantitative Studies Human Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: In order for a repetitive strain injury (RSI) prevention program to be effective, it is important to implement strategies to maintain a client's compliance with the program. This quantitative study explored the effectiveness of computer reminder software in increasing compliance with a stretching program designed to prevent RSI associated with prolonged computer use. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 26 participants who were instructed in a preventative stretching program and assigned to either a treatment group with the computer reminder software, or a control group without the software. To measure compliance, all participants recorded the number of times per day they stretched. Although a statistically significant difference was not found in the mean number of stretch breaks taken by the two groups (p = 0.09), further analysis suggested a type II error may have occurred. The effect size, d, revealed a large effect suggesting that the computer software had an impact on the frequency of stretch breaks, with the mean number of breaks per hour of work greater for the treatment group. Results strongly suggest that further research is warranted in this area. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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