Office Workers’ Computer Use Patterns Are Associated with Workplace Stressors

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• Personal Author:
  Blatter BM ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Eijckelhof BHW ; Huysmans MA ; Johnson PW ; Leider PC ; van der Beek AJ ; van Dieën JH
• Description:
  This field study examined associations between workplace stressors and office workers' computer use patterns. We collected keyboard and mouse activities of 93 office workers (68F, 25M) for approximately two work weeks. Linear regression analyses examined the associations between self-reported effort, reward, overcommitment, and perceived stress and software-recorded computer use duration, number of short and long computer breaks, and pace of input device usage. Daily duration of computer use was, on average, 30 min longer for workers with high compared to low levels of overcommitment and perceived stress. The number of short computer breaks (30 s-5 min long) was approximately 20% lower for those with high compared to low effort and for those with low compared to high reward. These outcomes support the hypothesis that office workers' computer use patterns vary across individuals with different levels of workplace stressors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Computers Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Computer Break Computer Equipment Computer Use Job Stress Upper Extremity Work Intervals Work Performance
• ISSN:
  0003-6870
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054793
• Citation:
  Appl Ergon 2014 Nov; 45(6):1660-1667
• Contact Point Address:
  Allard J. van der Beek, Department of Public and Occupational Health and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Email:
  a.vanderbeek@vumc.nl
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20130831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2136b44b6632404600e4d3e2684e3d7a52fc335700438df7a84f3376cd843cce4746e47c886b173fd72e37d2a25c0957d738f4fde31ec099d7505fd9c93aac5d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217224/cdc_217224_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 292.54 KB ]