TY - GEN
T1 - An ergonomics intervention study of reducing health complaints among office employees
AU - Shikdar, Ashraf
AU - Khadem, Mahammad
AU - Al-Harthy, Salim
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The objective of this study was to determine the effects of alternate methods of ergonomics intervention in the office environment of an oil refinery company in Oman. A year long study was conducted on a sample of 40 representative employees of the company. The employees were randomly divided into four groups and assigned to four experimental conditions. A Checklist developed for the evaluation was administered before the intervention and six months after the intervention with ergonomics conditions. The result showed a significant reduction in health complaints such as backache, headache, shoulders and neck pain in groups with an ergonomics intervention. The investigation showed that ergonomic facilities along with ergonomics training was significantly better than providing only ergonomics training or ergonomics facilities alone. This type of research will have immense implications for managers who are interested in improving worker productivity, health, safety and satisfaction in work environment where computers are used intensively.
AB - The objective of this study was to determine the effects of alternate methods of ergonomics intervention in the office environment of an oil refinery company in Oman. A year long study was conducted on a sample of 40 representative employees of the company. The employees were randomly divided into four groups and assigned to four experimental conditions. A Checklist developed for the evaluation was administered before the intervention and six months after the intervention with ergonomics conditions. The result showed a significant reduction in health complaints such as backache, headache, shoulders and neck pain in groups with an ergonomics intervention. The investigation showed that ergonomic facilities along with ergonomics training was significantly better than providing only ergonomics training or ergonomics facilities alone. This type of research will have immense implications for managers who are interested in improving worker productivity, health, safety and satisfaction in work environment where computers are used intensively.
KW - Ergonomics intervention
KW - Health complaints
KW - Office ergonomics
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U2 - 10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738215
DO - 10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738215
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:62749153263
SN - 9781424426300
T3 - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008
SP - 1966
EP - 1970
BT - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008
T2 - 2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008
Y2 - 8 December 2008 through 11 December 2008
ER -