| Document ID (ISN) | 49646 |
| CIS number |
88-1036 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0210-6612 - Salud y trabajo |
| Year |
1986 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Castillo González J. |
| Title |
CRT display terminals and visual discomfort |
| Original title |
Pantallas de rayos catódicos y molestias oculares/Pantallas de rayos catódicos y molestias oculares [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar.-Apr. 1986, No.54, p.49-54. Illus. 6 ref. |
| Abstract |
The first part of this article gives a brief outline of general ergonomic problems associated with work at CRT display terminals (visual fatigue, sitting posture, mental tension due to monotonous tasks). The second part describes an investigation of 100 display terminal operators which was made with the intention of detecting possible visual alterations for this type of work. All of the operators were women, from 25 to 55 years old, and worked 7 hours a day. The visual discomfort was approximately the same for the operators who used glasses as for those who did not (56% for the first group and 50% for the second). The most frequent complaints concerned lighting, followed by uncomfortable reflections from the desks. No visual alterations that could be attributed to display work were found. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
visual function disorders; visual display terminals; visual fatigue |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
lighting; reflection; mental stress; sitting posture; ergonomics; monotonous work |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Lighting, colour and vision
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Fatigue
Diseases of the eye and vision damage
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