Assessing the risk of chronic overstra in in computer users, depending on age and length of service
https://doi.org/10.31089/1026-9428-2018-5-58-61
Abstract
The study covered chronic overstrain in personal computer users and revealed statistically significant direct dependence of relative risk value on age and length of service. The time of work on computer is a main factor determining chronic overstrain value. The most efficient method preventing chronic overstrain is breaks in work, concerning both duration and frequency during working day. The authors calculated chronic overstrain indexes according to specified rank algorithms — that enabled to use them for dividing the workers into groups of «healthy» and «diseased».
About the Author
V. P. Plekhanov
North-West Public Health Research Center
Russian Federation
4, 2nd Sovetskaya str., St. Petersburg, 191036
Russian Federation
4, 2nd Sovetskaya str., St. Petersburg, 191036
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Plekhanov V.P. Assessing the risk of chronic overstra in in computer users, depending on age and length of service. Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology. 2018;(5):58-61. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31089/1026-9428-2018-5-58-61
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