Ergonomic evaluation of the risk factors causing pain in the upper part of the body among IT professionals in India.
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, the recent increase in computer-related work has considerably increased the occupational complaint of pain. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of workstation design, posture and ergonomic awareness on the prevalence of pain for a year in the upper part of the body...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 993 - 1006 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=147927722&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 147927722 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 67 iid: 4 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 147927722 147614710 147927722 147927722 10.3233/WOR-203349 147927722 ppf: 993 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Ergonomic evaluation of the risk factors causing pain in the upper part of the body among IT professionals in India. aug: au: Sahu, Mona Gnanaraj Solomon, Darius Vijay, Santhiyagu Joseph Sudhahar, Jayaseelan Clement affil: Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India sug: subj: Pain Epidemiology Ergonomics Evaluation Information Technology Personnel Psychosocial Factors Pain Risk Factors Upper Extremity Physiopathology Posture Human Female Male India Adult Pilot Studies Surveys Questionnaires Psychometrics Consent (Research) Work Environment Checklists Risk Assessment Occupational-Related Injuries T-Tests One-Way Analysis of Variance Chi Square Test Data Analysis Software Internal Consistency Reliability Statistical Significance Sample Size Coefficient alpha Descriptive Statistics Adult: 19-44 years Female Male ab: BACKGROUND: In developing countries, the recent increase in computer-related work has considerably increased the occupational complaint of pain. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of workstation design, posture and ergonomic awareness on the prevalence of pain for a year in the upper part of the body (eyes, hands, arms, shoulders, lower back, and upper back) among IT professionals in India. METHOD: To investigate the association of risk factors with the prevalence of pain in different body parts, a newly designed online questionnaire titled "A Questionnaire based on ergonomics for IT Professionals" was developed. The psychometric properties of this questionnaire were tested. 110 computer office workers were recruited from IT companies from major cities in India. RESULTS: The confirmation of reliability and lack of redundancy of items was provided by the calculation of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.804) and cross-validation. 60% of participants was male. Mean age was 29.73±6.09 years. The prevalence of pain for a year in the upper part of the body was 38.2%. The frequently reported pains were in the neck (22.7%), lower back area (22.7%), and eye strain (21.8%). CONCLUSION: It was identified that long working hours, excessive usage of smartphones, lack of exercise, incorrect workstation adjustments, and incorrect posture were the risk factors for the prevalence of pain. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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