Survey on subjective symptoms in VDT workers: Complaint rate and years of service.

Saito, Satoshi; Iwasaki, Satoshi; Takahashi, Minoru; Narita, Shigeru; Suzuki, Hideyoshi

doi:10.1539/joh1959.28.87

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“…Toomingas et al 12 and Shimai et al 13 confirmed the fact that long working hours on VDT leads to more visual complaints. Shimai et al 13 though found that the visual complaints were more with increase of service years and suggested a cumulative effect. Minimum duration (number of hours per day) of VDT use associated with asthenopia has not yet been clearly established.…”

Section: Working Hoursmentioning

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Computer and visual display terminals (VDT) vision syndrome (CVDTS)

Parihar

Jain

Chaturvedi

et al. 2016

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

122

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m e d i c a l j o u r n a l a r m e d f o r c e s i n d i a 7 2 ( 2 0 1 6 ) 2 7 0 -2 7 6 a r t i c l e i n f o The use of these devices has made our life simple in household work as well as in offices.However the prolonged use of these devices is not without any complication. Computer and visual display terminals syndrome is a constellation of symptoms ocular as well as extraocular associated with prolonged use of visual display terminals. This syndrome is gaining importance in this modern era because of the widespread use of technologies in day-to-day life. It is associated with asthenopic symptoms, visual blurring, dry eyes, musculoskeletal symptoms such as neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, psychosocial factors, venous thromboembolism, shoulder tendonitis, and elbow epicondylitis. Proper identification of symptoms and causative factors are necessary for the accurate diagnosis and management. This article focuses on the various aspects of the computer vision display terminals syndrome described in the previous literature. Further research is needed for the better understanding of the complex pathophysiology and management. #

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Section: Working Hoursmentioning

confidence: 86%

Computer and visual display terminals (VDT) vision syndrome (CVDTS)

Parihar

Jain

Chaturvedi

et al. 2016

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

122

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“…On the other hand, Shima et al [1993] evaluated the effects of sex, age, days of weekly VDT use, hours of daily VDT use, and years of VDT use for visual and musculoskeletal symptoms in their cross-sectional study of 240 clerical workers, and found no significant differences with respect to hours of daily VDT use. Some studies [Knave et al, 1985;Shimai et al, 1986] also failed to find any relationship.…”

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“…Although several studies have suggested relationships between VDT use and subjective symptoms [Starr, 1983;Hayashi and Matsumoto, 1985;Knave et al, 1985;Shimai et al, 1986;Watanabe, 1986;Rossignol et al, 1987;Lindstrom, 1991;Mino et al, 1993;Shima et al, 1993;Bernard et al, 1994;Marcus and Gerr, 1996;Rechichi et al, 1996;Polanyi et al, 1997;Tachibana et al, 1998], some studies have failed to confirm it [Starr et al, 1982[Starr et al, , 1985Sauter et al, 1983;Starr, 1984;Sugita et al, 1986;Fahrbach and Chapman, 1990;Tarumi et al, 1990]. The reasons underlying this discrepancy are regarded to be insufficient sample size and a lack of control for confounding factors.…”

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“…Both suggested the need to develop job designs which include minimization of VDT use duration. In addition, some studies confirmed the relationships between VDT use and physical symptoms [Starr, 1983;Knave et al, 1985;Shimai et al, 1986;Rossignol et al, 1987;Shima et al, 1993;Bernard et al, 1994;Marcus and Gerr, 1996;Rechichi et al, 1996;Polanyi et al, 1997] or mental symptoms [Hayashi and Matsumoto, 1985;Watanabe, 1986;Lindstrom, 1991;Mino et al, 1993;Tachibana et al, 1998] although significant symptoms varied with reports. Some studies have failed to observe a significant relationship between VDT use and physical symptoms [Sugita et al, 1986;Fahrbach and Chapman, 1990] or mental symptoms [Starr et al, 1982[Starr et al, , 1985Sauter et al, 1983;Starr, 1984;Tarumi et al, 1990].…”

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confidence: 90%

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Association between duration of daily VDT use and subjective symptoms

Nakazawa

Okubo

Suwazono

et al. 2002

American J Industrial Med

143

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“…In the winter survey of this study, we observed almost the same prevalence of these symptoms in both sides. Prevalence of pain in the hand and arm, and shoulder among construction electricians were higher than those among visual display terminal workers 13,14) . These results suggest that construction electricians have high prevalence of musculoskeletal problems concerning the hands, arms and shoulders.…”

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Subjective Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Winter and Summer among Indoor Working Construction Electricians

Inaba

Mirbod

2010

Ind Health

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To evaluate the effects of cold exposure on the musculoskeletal system, two surveys on the subjective musculoskeletal symptoms among male electricians working in the buildings under construction were performed in winter (N=74) and summer seasons (N=83). A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on age, occupational career, working habit, present illness, and subjective musculoskeletal symptoms. Mean age, occupational career and daily smoking of the supervisors were significantly higher than those of the other subjects. In general, prevalence rates of stiffness, numbness, pain and Raynaud's phenomenon in the fingers, finger cold sensation, dull movement of the fingers, pain in the wrist, knee joint pain, pain and numbness in the foot and foot cold sensation in winter were significantly higher than those in summer. These results were marked especially in the workers except supervisors. In winter, there were no significant differences in the prevalence rates of subjective musculoskeletal complaints between the supervisors and the other workers. On the other hand, in summer, prevalence of stiffness and pain in the shoulder, stiffness and pain in the neck, dullness and pain in the arm, finger cold sensation, low back dullness and low back pain in the supervisors were significantly higher than those in the other workers. These results suggest that effects of cold on the musculoskeletal symptoms markedly appeared in the workers except supervisors.

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Survey on subjective symptoms in VDT workers: Complaint rate and years of service.

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Computer and visual display terminals (VDT) vision syndrome (CVDTS)

Computer and visual display terminals (VDT) vision syndrome (CVDTS)

Association between duration of daily VDT use and subjective symptoms

Subjective Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Winter and Summer among Indoor Working Construction Electricians

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