| Autor: |
Sidra Shafique, Tasneem Shahzadi, Rabiah Najam, Neelam Muneeb |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, Vol 62, Iss 1, Pp 29-31 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0030-9842 |
| Popis: |
Background: The COVID-19 has impacted our education system in various ways and to compensate the losses,teachers had to make quick transition from face to face teaching to onlinemode ofteaching. This unexpected transition has entailed challenges and constraints for the health all of us. Objective: To find the effect of critical components of home-office on the ergonomics of workers.Study type,settings& duration:This cross sectional survey was conducted at Riphah International University (all departments),Lahore Grammar School,Lahore and Minhaj University, Lahorefrom March to June 2020.Methodology:This was a cross sectional survey on computer workers and faculty from educational setups such as university centers in an attempt to determine the effectsof critical components of home-office on the ergonomics of the workers. The sample size was calculated to N=80. As per inclusion criteria, workers and members of faculty working on computers from Lahore, had worked from home-office during the lock down for consistent 4 months and the working should be synchronous, were included in this study. REBA questionnaire was used to collect data from the workers in person. Frequencies and percentages were calculated to find the impact of home-office components on the ergonomics of the workers.Results:The study found that 57% of computer workers between 26-30 years had a high risk index for poor ergonomics, with moderate changes in 71.3% of the population. The REBA score represents MSD risk for the job task and thedesign goal is 4.Conclusion:From this study it was concluded that nearly 70% of the population was having an ergonomically poor posture while working. In addition to that, in nearly half of the population the risk was significant. |
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