Computer related musculoskeletal ill-health among upper-secondary school pupils 2005 - Questionnaire to students
SND-ID: snd0848-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/003060
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Gunnar Palmerud - National Institute for Working Life, People, Technology, Organisation - Göteborg
Ewa Wigaeus Tornqvist - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
Allan Toomingas - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
Monica Mortimer - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
Eva Hansson Risberg - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
... Show more..Gunnar Palmerud - National Institute for Working Life, People, Technology, Organisation - Göteborg
Ewa Wigaeus Tornqvist - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
Allan Toomingas - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
Monica Mortimer - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
Eva Hansson Risberg - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
Anita Isaksson - National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health
Peter Palm - Arbets- och miljömedicin, Arbets- och miljömedicin
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Description
The data collection was performed in high schools in the counties of Stockholm, Södermanland, Uppsala and Västmanland during the autumn of 2005.
The study consisted of two parts:
1. Questionnaires for the students.
2. Ergonomic evaluation of the schools computer workplaces and a short interview with the person responsible for the computers at the school.
An information letter was sent to the school leaders where the setup and implementation of the study were explained. After that the school leaders were contacted by telephone and asked if their school wished to participate in the study. If they chose to take part, they were asked to send a record of all students in the second grade to Working Life Institute (Arbetslivsinstitutet). From these lists a selection of classes was made. Then a new contact with the school leader was made, where the leader was asked to inform the teachers concerned by the study. In addition, each teacher got a letter with information about the study. The students got information about the study from their teachers and from the first page in the questionnaire.
The
The study consisted of two parts:
1. Questionnaires for the students.
2. Ergonomic evaluation of the schools computer workplaces and a short interview with the person responsible for the computers at the school.
An information letter was sent to the school leaders where the setup and implementation of the study were explained. After that the school leaders were contacted by telephone and asked if their school wished to participate in the study. If they chose to take part, they were asked to send a record of all students in the second grade to Working Life Institute (Arbetslivsinstitutet). From these lists a selection of classes was made. Then a new contact with the school leader was made, where the leader was asked to inform the teachers concerned by the study. In addition, each teacher got a letter with information about the study. The students got information about the study from their teachers and from the first page in the questionnaire.
The ambition was to have a researcher from the Working Life Institute present at the school when the students answered the questionnaire. The completed questionnaires were gathered by the teachers or the researcher and brought to the Working Life Institute where they were de-identified. After that the questionnaires were sent to the company "Tabell och Form AB" for scanning and a primary data preparation.
Ergonomists from the Working Life Institute visited all selected schools to perform an ergonomic evaluation, according to a structured checklist, of the student's computer workplaces and to do a short interview with the person responsible for the computers at the school.
Purpose:
The aim of the study was to describe range of computer usage in school and in spear time and the prevalence of difficulties, especially in the locomotive organs, among high school students. The aim was also to examine if there is a connection between computer time and physical difficulties. Show less..
Data contains personal data
No
Language
Unit of analysis
Population
Students year 2 in the gymnasium
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2005-09
Variables
322
Number of individuals/objects
2830
Response rate/participation rate
73%
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Geographic description: Stockholm, Södermanland, Uppsala and Västmanland counties
Research area
Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Health (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
General health and well-being (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Keywords
Ill health, Physical activities, Lighting, Television viewing, Pain, Back pain, Headaches, Sleep, Teacher-student relationship, Educational environment, Social environment, Computer literacy, Access to information and communications technology, Secondary schools, Working conditions, Computers, Height (physiology), Weight (physiology)
Hansson Risberg, E., Palm, P., Isaksson, A., Mortimer, M., Palmerud, G., Toomingas, A., & Wigaeus Tornqvist, E. (2006). Elevers datorarbetsplatser i gymnasieskolan. Arbetslivsrapport nr 2006:38. National Institute for Working Life, Work and Health. ISSN 1401-2928.
ISSN:
1401-2928
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