A field intervention examining the impact of an office ergonomics training and a highly adjustable chair on visual symptoms in a public sector organization

Amick, Benjamin C.; Menéndez, Cammie Chaumont; Bazzani, Lianna; Robertson, Michelle; DeRango, Kelly; Rooney, Ted; Moore, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.006

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A field intervention examining the impact of an office ergonomics training and a highly adjustable chair on visual symptoms in a public sector organization

Published Date:

Oct 01 2011

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.006 New Site Icon

Source:

Appl Ergon. 43(3):625-631.

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Personal Authors:

Amick, Benjamin C. ; Menéndez, Cammie Chaumont ; Bazzani, Lianna ; Robertson, Michelle ; DeRango, Kelly ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

21963250

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4719773

Description:

Objective

Examine the effect of a multi-component office ergonomics intervention on visual symptom reductions.

Methods

Office workers were assigned to either a group receiving a highly adjustable chair with office ergonomics training (CWT), a training-only group (TO) or a control group (C). A work environment and health questionnaire was administered 2 and 1 month(s) pre-intervention and 3, 6, and 12 months post-intervention. Multi-level statistical models tested hypotheses.

Results

The CWT intervention lowered daily visual symptoms (p < 0.01) post-intervention. The TO group did not significantly differ from the control group. The CWT group differed significantly from the TO group (p = 0.01) post-intervention.

Conclusion

Workers who received a highly adjustable chair and office ergonomics training had reduced visual symptoms and the effect was maintained through twelve months post-intervention. The lack of a training-only group effect supports implementing training in conjunction with the highly adjustable chair to reduce visual symptoms.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
T42 0H008421/PHS HHS/United States

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