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Knowledge and Practice regarding Computer Ergonomics among Faculty Staff

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

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Community Health Nursing.

Abstract

Background: Computers are widely used in academic institutions, working for prolonged period in an ergonomically deficient workplace increases the risk of many health issues. Aim: To assess knowledge and practice regarding computer ergonomics among Faculty Staff. Design: A descriptive research design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at faculty of nursing, Helwan university. Sample: A convenient sample of 102 faculty staff at Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University was included in this study. Tool: Three tools was used; Tool I: Structured Interviewing Questionnaire, Tool II: Faculty staffs' reported practices regarding Computer workstation Ergonomics and Tool III: Computer Health Hazards Questionnaire. Results: only 23.5% of the studied faculty staff had satisfactory level of knowledge regarding computer ergonomics, 24.5% of them had adequate level of reported practices, and 59.8% of them had a sever level of computer health hazards. Also, there was a high statistically significant positive correlation between the studied faculty staffs' knowledge and reported practices regarding computer ergonomics at (r= 0.985 & P= 0.000) while there was a high statistically significant negative correlation between the studied faculty staffs' knowledge, reported practices and computer health hazards at (r=-0.795, -0.828 & P= 0.000). Conclusion: less than one quarter of the studied faculty staff had satisfactory level of knowledge regarding computer ergonomics and adequate level of reported practices while, more than half of them had a severe level of computer health hazards. Recommendations: Design and implement ergonomic programs for faculty staff to improve their knowledge and practices regarding prevention of computer health hazards.

DOI

10.21608/hijnrp.2025.323335.1226

Keywords

Computer ergonomics, computer health hazards, Faculty staff

Authors

First Name

mariam

Last Name

fouda

MiddleName

mohammed

Affiliation

community health nursing faculty of nursing helwan university, helwan

Email

mariam_mohamed@nursing.helwan.edu.eg

City

helwan

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First Name

Afaf

Last Name

Abd El Mohsen

MiddleName

Salah

Affiliation

community health nursing, faculty of nursing, helwan university

Email

awmoafaf@yahoo.com

City

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Orcid

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First Name

Sahar

Last Name

Shafik

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

community health nursing,Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University & Al-Kut University College, Iraq. Wasit, 52001

Email

sas19@fayoum.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-3247-4823

First Name

Ons

Last Name

El-Zayat

MiddleName

Said

Affiliation

Assist.professor Community Health Nursing. Faculty of Nursing; Helwan University

Email

ons_elzayat@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

-

Volume

3

Article Issue

8

Related Issue

52991

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-09-23

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

42

Page End

60

Print ISSN

2735-5799

Online ISSN

2786-0183

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Scientific Research Periodical

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1,926

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Publication Title

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice

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https://hijnrp.journals.ekb.eg/

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Knowledge and Practice regarding Computer Ergonomics among Faculty Staff

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13 Jan 2025