Ergonomic Risk Factors in University-Level Teachers in Sonora, Mexico: Towards a Sustainable Environment.

Background: A sustainable environment plays a crucial role in mitigating musculoskeletal disorders, visual fatigue, stress, and exhaustion. Consequently, it enhances productivity and promotes greater work efficiency, contributing to workers' overall well-being. While ergonomic risk studies are widel...

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Publicado en:Journal of Health Scope Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 1 - 4
Autores principales: Duarte, Nancy Esmeralda Sánchez, Valdéz, Hugo César De La Torre, Romero, Daniel Morales, Hernandez, Mabeth Burgos, Acosta, Judith Valeria Martínez, Murrieta, Maribel Pallanez
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Publicado: Brieflands Aug2025
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          Duarte, Nancy Esmeralda Sánchez
          Valdéz, Hugo César De La Torre
          Romero, Daniel Morales
          Hernandez, Mabeth Burgos
          Acosta, Judith Valeria Martínez
          Murrieta, Maribel Pallanez
        affil: Universidad Estatal de Sonora, Sonora, Mexico
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          Ergonomics
          Faculty Psychosocial Factors
          Musculoskeletal Diseases
          Occupational Health
          Work Environment
          Sustainable Growth
          Risk Assessment
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          Male
          Female
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          Nonexperimental Studies
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Mexico
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      ab: Background: A sustainable environment plays a crucial role in mitigating musculoskeletal disorders, visual fatigue, stress, and exhaustion. Consequently, it enhances productivity and promotes greater work efficiency, contributing to workers' overall well-being. While ergonomic risk studies are widely documented in the literature, most focus on the industrial sector, with limited ergonomic assessments available in the educational sector. Objectives: Evaluate ergonomic risk factors among teachers to foster a sustainable environment. Methods: A quantitative study employed an observational, cross-sectional design to measure the ergonomic risk between April and June 2023. The Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) method was employed using the ERGONIZA software to assess full-time professors (FTP) in a university in Sonora, Mexico, through a statistically representative survey applied with 92% reliability and a maximum allowed error (α) of 0.08. Results: The results indicated that out of 158 FTP, 48.7% are at very high risk, 23.1% at high risk, and 28.2% at improvable risk. Conclusions: A sustainable environment contributes to improving worker well-being, combating absenteeism and medical costs, increasing productivity, and, therefore, leading to greater work efficiency. The ROSA method does not consider some parameters like environmental elements (lighting and temperature).
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