Ergonomic Considerations on Musculoskeletal Disorders and Posture in Software Developers.

Effects of Ergonomic Considerations on Musculoskeletal Disorders and Posture in Software Developers.

The human and computer interface is becoming increasingly intuitive, but for the inexperienced user still poses formidable problems. Musculoskeletal symptoms of VDU users are believed to have a multifactorial aetiology. Software developers don't have knowledge of ergonomic principles. Faulty postures had an effect on posture.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: ergonomic principls

Detailed Description

Data will be collected from software developer companies in Lahore at questionnaire include demographic data and data collection tools. The software developer will be guided about basic ergonomic principles and data will be collected at the start of the study and in 2 stages with a 2-week interval. A quasi-experiment study will be used. The sample size will be323 (margin of error 5%, confidence level 95%, population size 2000, and dist. 50%) by Rao software. A convenient sampling technique will be used. Data will be analyzed using SPSS 21 by comparing mean and correlating variables

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 323
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Punjab
    • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 54700
      • I leads Software house

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 25 years to 40 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Software engineers who have experience of more than 2 years, in the same company.
• Software engineers with the age less than 40 years and both gender.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Software engineers who had a past history of spine surgery or diseases in the Spine like disc prolapse, discitis, arthritis etc.
• Orthopedically physically challenged
• Pregnant women.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Ergonomic Principals; Ergonomic Principal for computer users will be used.	Other: ergonomic principls; Ergonomic principles for posture correction in office for computer users.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA)	The Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) was developed to "rapidly" evaluate risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) associated with certain job tasks. Change from Baseline Rapid Entire Body Assessment at 3 week	Change from Baseline Rapid Entire Body Assessment at 3 week
The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ)	The NMQ can be used as a questionnaire or as a structured interview for musculoskeletal disorders. Change from Baseline for musculoskeletal disorders Assessment at 3 week.	Change from Baseline for musculoskeletal disorders Assessment at 3 week.
Computer Workstations Tool	provided by Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Change from Baseline Computer Workstations Assessment at 3 week.	Change from Baseline Computer Workstations Assessment at 3 week.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Riphah International University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Cassidy, S. and P. Eachus, Developing the computer user self-efficacy (CUSE) scale: Investigating the relationship between computer self-efficacy, gender and experience with computers. Journal of educational computing research, 2002. 26(2): p. 133-153.
• Punnett L, Wegman DH. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: the epidemiologic evidence and the debate. J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2004 Feb;14(1):13-23. Review.
• Wahlstrom J. Ergonomics, musculoskeletal disorders and computer work. Occup Med (Lond). 2005 May;55(3):168-76. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqi083.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 10, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 10, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): March 10, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 1, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 29, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): December 30, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 12, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 9, 2022
• Last Verified: December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: REC/Lhr/20/1041/Hafiz Muhammad

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No