| Document ID (ISN) | 49576 |
| CIS number |
88-1041 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo |
| Year |
1985 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Carrasco de Salas J.M., Carrasco Benítez G. |
| Title |
Epidemiologic study of work with video display terminals (VDT) - Preliminary results |
| Original title |
Estudio epidemiológico del trabajo sobre pantallas de visualización (PDV) - Avance de resultados/Estudio epidemiológico del trabajo sobre pantallas de visualización (PDV) - Avance de resultados [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Sep. 1985, Vol.32, No.128, p.42-58. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Spanish questionnaire study of the working conditions of 197 persons working with video display terminals and 146 with other administrative duties (control group). Significant results of the study: the opinion of the operators concerning the lighting of the workplace was much more negative than that of the controls (regarding intensity of light, glare, reflection, contrasts and shadows). The operators were also significantly more affected by backache and pains in the neck and shoulders and by irritated eyes and temporarily troubled eyesight then were the controls. The differences in perceived general muscular and articular pain, depressions, general fatigue and skin troubles, however, were not statistically significant. The results are compared to those of a similar NIOSH study. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
visual display terminals; work study; ergonomics |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
illumination levels; lighting; Spain; contrast; reflection; glare; neck disorders; back disorders; backache; questionnaire survey; visual fatigue |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational physiology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Ergonomics
|
