Research Article
Work-Related Health Disorders among Saudi Computer Users
Table 11
Incidence of complaints as related to duration of work.
| Duration of
employment
(year) |
Number of
operators |
Ergonomic score
mean (SD) |
Age (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 | | ≤2 |
35 | 37.6 | 25.8 | 6.5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 14 | | (4.4) | (2.7) | (1.7) | (17.1) | (40.0) | (48.6) | (45.7) | (20.0) | (11.4) | (40.0) | | 3–9 |
38 | 36.2 | 29.3 | 6.4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 22 | | (6.3) | (3.5) | (1.9) | (13.2) | (55.3) | (57.9) | (57.9) | (36.8) | (15.8) | (57.9) | | ≤10 |
27 | 36.4 | 42.3 | 5.8 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 12 | | (7.9) | (4.5) | (2.2) | (14.8) | (59.3) | (66.7) | (48.1) | (37.0) | (18.5) | (44.4) |
| | Saudi Airlines Ticket reservation operators | | ≤2 |
12 | 69.7 | 23.3 | 6.0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | (8.2) | (1.6) | (0.0) | (25.0) | (41.7) | (50.0) | (41.7) | (16.7) | (25.0) | (41.7) | | 3–9 |
11 | 68.9 | 30.6 | 6.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | (7.4) | (2.1) | (0.0) | (36.4) | (45.5) | (27.3) | (36.4) | (18.2) | (9.1) | (36.4) | | ≤10 |
77 | 71.9 | 43.1 | 6.0 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 25 | | (13.7) | (2.9) | (0.0) | (44.2) | (39.0) | (39.0) | (33.8) | (23.4) | (24.7) | (32.5) |
| | Saudi Telecom Co. computer operators | | ≤2 |
31 | 76.7 | 25.2 | 7.2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 6 | | (13.5) | (2.2) | (1.9) | (19.4) | (54.8) | (58.1) | (54.8) | (29.0) | (45.2) | (19.4) | | 3–9 |
47 | 80.3 | 27.8 | 7.1 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 26 | 4 | | (7.7) | (1.9) | (1.5) | (17.0) | (59.6) | (51.1) | (44.7) | (27.7) | (55.3) | (8.5) | | ≤10 |
22 | 90.3 | 40.8 | 7.1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 3 | | (13.2) | (5.4) | (1.8) | (9.1) | (81.8) | (77.3) | (59.1) | (18.2) | (45.5) | (13.6) |
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