Research Article
Work-Related Health Disorders among Saudi Computer Users
Table 5
Occupational characteristics of the study population.
| Occupational characteristics | Frequency | KAU ( = 100) | SAUDIA ( = 100) | STC ( = 100) |
| Duration of employment (years) | | | | <1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1-2 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 3-4 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 5–9 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 10–14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 15–19 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 20–24 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 25–29 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 30–34 | 1 | 16 | 0 | ≥35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Type of work | | | | Data entry | 22 | 54 | 33 | Data acquisition | 18 | 23 | 9 | Typist | 23 | 0 | 0 | Communication task | 8 | 20 | 53 | Comprehensive office tasks | 29 | 3 | 5 | Duration of formal training (days) On-the-job training only | 58 | 61 | 28 | <50 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 50–99 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 100–199 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 200–299 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 300–399 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 400–499 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ≥500 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Work speed | | | | Fast | 39 | 30 | 45 | Average | 56 | 70 | 49 | Slow | 5 | 0 | 6 | Computer use (hrs/day) | | | | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 100 | 53 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 21 | Nature of daily work on computer | | | | Continuous | 61 | 53 | 85 | Intermittent | 39 | 47 | 15 | Rest pauses of work shift (%) | | | | 5–9 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 10–14 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 15–19 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 20–24 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 25–29 | 9 | 100 | 10 | 30–34 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 35–39 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ≥40 | 6 | 0 | 5 | Elements of work satisfaction | | | | Satisfaction by foreman and colleagues interrelations | 100 | 99 | 99 | Satisfaction by absence work stress | 68 | 60 | 61 | Satisfaction of work control | 96 | 94 | 96 | Satisfaction of job attitude | 92 | 81 | 82 | Satisfaction by vigilance requirement | 94 | 100 | 94 | Satisfaction by nature of work | 73 | 85 | 55 | Satisfaction by absence of repetitive work and monotony | 59 | 34 | 35 | Evaluation of work satisfaction* | | | | Very satisfied | 39 | 35 | 29 | Satisfied | 43 | 37 | 31 | Satisfied to some extent | 10 | 14 | 27 | Not satisfied | 8 | 14 | 13 |
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*Percent of duration(s) of rest pauses to duration of work shift.
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