| Document ID (ISN) | 104687 |
| CIS number |
06-231 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2004 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rocha L.E., Debert-Ribeiro M. |
| Title |
Working conditions, visual fatigue, and mental health among systems analysts in Saõ Paulo, Brazil |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 2004, Vol.61, No.1, p.24-32. 35 ref. |
| Abstract |
To evaluate the association between working conditions, visual fatigue and mental health among systems analysts in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a cross sectional study was carried out by a multidisciplinary team. It included ergonomic analysis of work, individual and group interviews and 553 self-administered questionnaires in two enterprises. The comparison population consisted of 136 workers employed in various other occupations. Among subjects, visual fatigue was associated with mental workload, inadequate equipment and workstation, low level of worker participation, being a woman and the subject's attitude to computer work. Mental health was associated with mental workload and with inadequate equipment, work environment and tools. Continuing education and leisure activities were protective factors. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
visual fatigue; computers; conditions of work; mental health |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
non-occupational factors; Brazil; sex-linked differences; cross-sectional study; ergonomic evaluation; mental workload |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Brazil |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational physiology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Psychological factors
Fatigue
Mental health
|
