Computer Input Devices: Quantification of Use and Variation in Use

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• Personal Author:
  Asmus A ; Sommerich CM ; Vatan S
• Description:
  A computer usage monitor (software odometer) was used to collect information on computer input device usage (keystrikes, mouse clicks and movement, and duration of input activity) from 27 professionals, for an average of 17 working days, each. Data from an odometer provides a more extensive means of describing and exploring computer use than more traditional methods, such as self-report of average use in response to a survey question. Further, by collecting data for an extended period of time, considerable day to day variation in computer use was found within subjects. This confirmed the necessity for collecting such data over an extended period of time, and illustrates one of the benefits of the use of software odometers over, or in conjunction with, self-reported usage information via surveys or diaries, or work sampling accomplished through direct observation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Computer-equipment Computers Cumulative-trauma-disorders Ergonomics Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Muscular-disorders Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Work-areas Work-operations

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• ISBN:
  9780945289241
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025967
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting, September 20-24, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2004 Sep; 48(12):1344-1348
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Performing Organization:
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990901
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting, September 20-24, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana
• End Date:
  20040831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197119/cdc_197119_DS1.pdf
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