Research Article
Work-Related Health Disorders among Saudi Computer Users
Table 10
Incidence of complaints as related to age of computer users/operators.
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Age (year) |
Number of operators |
Ergonomic score mean (SD) | Duration of employment (year) mean (SD) |
Computer use (hours/day) mean (SD) | Complaints (%) | None | General | Eye and vision | Neck and shoulder | Upper extremity | Lower extremity |
Trunk |
| King Abdulaziz University computer users | 20–29 |
54 | 37.4 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 25 | (5.0) | (1.1) | (1.5) | (13.0) | (44.4) | (57.4) | (48.1) | (29.6) | (14.8) | (46.3) | 30–39 |
29 | 36.7 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 16 | (6.3) | (3.5) | (2.0) | (17.2) | (58.6) | (51.7) | (55.2) | (41.4) | (13.8) | (55.2) | 40+ |
17 | 34.9 | 17.6 | 6.0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | (6.5) | (7.2) | (2.5) | (17.6) | (58.8) | (64.7) | (52.9) | (23.5) | (17.6) | (41.2) |
| Saudi Airlines Ticket reservation operators | 20–29 |
17 | 69.1 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | (7.7) | (1.3) | (0.0) | (23.5) | (41.2) | (47.1) | (41.2) | (23.5) | (17.6) | (47.1) | 30–39 |
28 | 71.6 | 14.9 | 6.0 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | (11.0) | (3.1) | (0.0) | (39.3) | (46.4) | (35.7) | (35.7) | (25.0) | (21.4) | (25.0) | 40+ |
55 | 72.8 | 26.4 | 6.0 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 20 | (13.6) | (4.9) | (0.0) | (47.3) | (36.4) | (38.2) | (32.7) | (20.0) | (25.5) | (36.4) |
| Saudi Telecom Co. computer operators | 20–29 |
66 | 78.4 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 19 | 32 | 7 | (9.8) | (1.4) | (1.6) | (18.2) | (60.6) | (57.6) | (51.5) | (28.8) | (48.5) | (10.6) | 30–39 |
21 | 82.2 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 6 | (10.9) | (3.1) | (1.5) | (14.3) | (66.7) | (61.9) | (57.1) | (12.4) | (47.6) | (28.6) | 40+ |
13 | 95.9 | 21.6 | 6.6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | (4.1) | (3.2) | (1.6) | (7.7) | (69.2) | (61.5) | (38.5) | (15.4) | (61.5) | (0.0) |
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