Association between Local Illumination and Visual Fatigue among the Research and Development Staffs of Industry.

Aims: Work proper lighting means a safe, healthy and comfort conditions for work under a lighting system that includes qualitative and quantitative features. This study aimed to evaluate the surface local lighting of works and eye fatigue among research and development staffs of an automotive indust...

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Published in:International Archives of Health Sciences Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 157 - 163
Main Authors: A. R., Mashkoori, S., Asadi, A. R., Yari, Z., Allahdadi, Z., Gharlipour, A. R., Koohpaei
Format: research Journal Article
Published: International Archives of Health Sciences Fall2016
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          A. R., Mashkoori
          S., Asadi
          A. R., Yari
          Z., Allahdadi
          Z., Gharlipour
          A. R., Koohpaei
        affil: "Work Health Research Center" and "Occupational Health Engineering Department, Health School", Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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          Lighting Evaluation
          Eye Diseases Risk Factors
          Fatigue Risk Factors
          Work Environment
          Occupational Health
          Manufacturing Industry
          Descriptive Research
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          Random Sample
          Questionnaires
          Socioeconomic Factors
          Descriptive Statistics
          Light
          Occupational Hazards
          Iran
          Scales
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Vision Disorders
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          Self Report
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      ab: Aims: Work proper lighting means a safe, healthy and comfort conditions for work under a lighting system that includes qualitative and quantitative features. This study aimed to evaluate the surface local lighting of works and eye fatigue among research and development staffs of an automotive industry. Instrument & Methods: In this descriptive study in Research and Development Department of an automotive industry in 2015, 126 official staffs were selected randomly. A demographic questionnaire and the Visual Fatigue Questionnaire (Persian Version) were used for data gathering. Hagner EC1 Luxmeter was used to measure the local lighting. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20 software, through descriptive statistics. Findings: The lighting in 382 stations (75.8%) was improper and less than standard. The minimum and maximum intensity of light was between 22.4lux in station 2 (inventory department) and 581lux in station 4 (systems and methods department). The overall intensity in more than 50% units, except the Systems and Methods Department, were less than the standard (300lux). 40.4% of the participants had severe eye fatigue, 28.6% had moderate visual fatigue, 28.6% had low visual fatigue and only 2.4% had no visual fatigue. The average of visual fatigue was 3.50±1.97. Conclusion: The workplace lighting and the eye fatigue of computer users in the Research and Development Department of the studied automotive industry are not in an acceptable condition.
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