| Document ID (ISN) | 100559 |
| CIS number |
02-1956 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0014-0139 - Ergonomics |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Helander M.G., Zhang L. |
| Title |
Field studies of comfort and discomfort in sitting |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1997, Vol.40, No.9, p.895-915. Illus. 23 ref. |
| Abstract |
A checklist for evaluating chair comfort was validated in two field studies. In the first study, two groups of participants (ten secretaries and ten managers) evaluated two groups of ten chairs. Participants assessed each chair three times during a workday using three different types of scales. Analysis of variance demonstrated that discomfort was related to fatigue accumulated during the workday, but it was not related to chair design. The order of preference among a set of chairs was established during the first assessment and did not change during the day. In a second field study, 37 secretaries used three different formats of a chair evaluation checklist with 14 items. Analyses of variance demonstrated that subjects could evaluate comfort and discomfort simultaneously without any halo-effect. The results have methodological implications for measurement of comfort and discomfort. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
office chairs; check lists; comfort assessment; ergonomics |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
subjective assessment; comfort criteria; office work |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sweden; USA |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Accident research
Ergonomics
Safety supervision
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