Test-retest reliability and concurrent validity of a web-based questionnaire measuring workstation and individual correlates of work postures during computer work

Autor: Janneke Mikkers, Willem van Mechelen, S. IJmker, Birgitte M Blatter, Allard J. van der Beek, Paulien M Bongers
Přispěvatelé: TNO Kwaliteit van Leven, Public and occupational health, EMGO - Musculoskeletal health
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
Předmět:
Questionnaires
Engineering
Office buildings
Risk perception
Workstation
Veilig en Gezond Werken
Testing
Human engineering
Surveys
Neuromuscular rehabilitation
Occupational safety and health
law.invention
Musculoskeletal disorder
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Web-based questionnaire
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Safety
Risk
Reliability and Quality
Workplace
Risk assessment
Classification (of information)
(p
p
t) measurements
Human factors and ergonomics
Equipment Design
Reliability
Test (assessment)
Food products
Test-retest reliability
Work (electrical)
working postures
Office workers
Field studies
Healthy Living
Interior Design and Furnishings
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD)
medicine.medical_specialty
Work postures
Site observations
Concurrent validity
Posture
Physical Therapy
Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Information technology
Population statistics
Validity
medicine
Humans
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Computer networks
Occupational Health
Internet
Elsevier (CO)
individual characteristics
Occupational risks
business.industry
Computers
Computer workstations
Measurements
In between
Visual guidance
Reproducibility of Results
Internet questionnaire
medicine.disease
Individual (PSS 544-7)
Industrial engineering
risk categories
Goniometers
Physical therapy
Ergonomics
Misclassification (MC)
Healthy for Life
business
Zdroj: Applied Ergonomics, 6, 39, 685-696
Applied Ergonomics, 39(6), 685-696. Elsevier Limited
Ijmker, S, Mikkers, J, Blatter, B M, van der Beek, A J, van Mechelen, W & Bongers, P M 2008, ' Test-retest reliability and concurrent validity of a web-based questionnaire measuring workstation and individual correlates of work postures during computer work ', Applied Ergonomics, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 685-696 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2007.12.003
ISSN: 0003-6870
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.12.003
Popis: Introduction: "Ergonomic" questionnaires are widely used in epidemiological field studies to study the association between workstation characteristics, work posture and musculoskeletal disorders among office workers. Findings have been inconsistent regarding the putative adverse effect of work postures. Underestimation of the true association might be present in studies due to misclassification of subjects to risk (i.e. exposed to non-neutral working postures) and no-risk categories (i.e. not exposed to non-neutral working postures) based on questionnaire responses. The objective of this study was to estimate the amount of misclassification resulting from the use of questionnaires. Methods: Test-retest reliability and concurrent validity of a newly developed questionnaire was assessed. This questionnaire collects data on workstation characteristics and on individual characteristics during computer work (i.e. work postures, movements and habits). Pictures were added where possible to provide visual guidance. The study population consisted of 84 office workers of a research department. They filled out the questionnaire on the Internet twice, with an in-between period of 2 weeks. For a subgroup of workers (n=38), additional on-site observations and multiple manual goniometer measurements were performed. Results: Percentage agreement ranged between 71% and 100% for the test-retest analysis, between 31% and 100% for the comparison between questionnaire and on-site observation, and between 26% and 71% for the comparison between questionnaire and manual goniometer measurements. For 9 out of 12 tested items, the percentage agreement between questionnaire and manual goniometer measurements was below 50%. Conclusions: The questionnaire collects reliable data on workstation characteristics and some individual characteristics during computer work (i.e. work movements and habits), but does not seem to be useful to collect data on work postures during computer work in epidemiological field studies among office workers. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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