Gender differences in the relationship between daily computer usage and musculoskeletal symptoms among undergraduate students

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• Personal Author:
  Chang CH
• Description:
  We conducted a repeated measures pilot field study on 27 undergraduate students (14 males and 13 females) to investigate the relationship between daily computer usage time and musculoskeletal symptoms. For three one-week periods during a single semester, students reported symptoms (outcome) 3-5 times daily while computer usage time (exposure) was objectively measured by a usage monitor software installed onto participants' own computer. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) regression models tested the relationship between outcome and exposure. In males, each additional hour of daily computer usage was associated with an increased odds ratio of reporting symptoms to 1.18 (1.05-1.34). In females, the corresponding increased odd ratio for each additional hour of daily usage was 1.02 (0.96 to 1.08). The results also suggested a potential dose-response relationship between daily computer usage time and musculoskeletal symptoms; however, the significance of relationship was different between genders. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Computers Men Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Body-mechanics Computer-equipment Exposure-limits Extremities Humans Models Muscle-function Muscles Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; Iowa ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046317
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 2006, San Francisco, California. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2006 Oct; 50(13):1356-1360
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 2006, San Francisco, California
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1b7aa8887e3e77473946450164da757db5ee17ac47796100168fd8d68fffaa8b98f62df4c87162d03dfdd3b5c3ffe00416efda0da925edd07dac33ce4ee8b3b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201414/cdc_201414_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 123.30 KB ]