DOES COMPUTER USE POSE A HAZARD FOR FUTURE LONGTERM SICKNESS ABSENSE?
A cohort of 2146 frequent computer users filled in a questionnaire at baseline and was followed for one year with continuously recording of their computer use and they were followed for 300 weeks in a central register of sickness absence for more than 2 weeks. The aim of the study was to investigate if duration of computer use predicted sickness absence at a later time. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95％ confidence intervals (CI) for sickness absence were obtained by Cox regression analyses. Overall, mean weekly computer use did not turn out to be a risk factor for later sickness absence, and in fact the office workers with the lowest weekly usage had a slightly higher risk of sickness absence. Women had a double risk of sickness absence compared with their male colleagues. We have earlier found that computer use did not predict persistent pain in the neck and upper limb, and it seems that computer neither predicts future long-term sickness absence.
Andersen, J.H. NUDATA–group
Department of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Denmark Department of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Denmark Department of Occupational Medicine,
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-3
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）