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Well-Being of Video Display Terminal Users. An Exploratory Study.

PB84240449

Publication Date	1983
Personal Author	Sauter, S. L.; Gottlieb, M. S.; Rohrer, K. M.; Dodson, V. N.
Page Count	262
Abstract	Assessments of job disturbances, health disturbances, and potential causes of strain among 248 video display terminal (VDT) users were made. A questionnaire on working conditions, job characteristics, biodemographic characteristics, and health and well being was administered to VDT users and 85 comparisons. Multidimensional indices of well being and job attributes were derived from the questionnaires. Scores for users and comparisons were correlated. Objective measures of workplace lighting, screen glare, and measures related to worker anthropometry and the use of keyboards were surveyed. No significant differences were found between users and comparisons on scales of job dissatisfaction or affective or somatic disturbances. The authors conclude that there is little evidence that VDT users suffer greater somatic disturbance than nonusers.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Visual perception Exposure Inspection Physiological psychology Video display terminals Toxic substances Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 41I - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Wisconsin Univ.-Madison. Dept. of Preventive Medicine.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198426
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-79-0034

Well-Being of Video Display Terminal Users. An Exploratory Study.

Well-Being of Video Display Terminal Users. An Exploratory Study.
PB84240449

Publication Date	1983
Personal Author	Sauter, S. L.; Gottlieb, M. S.; Rohrer, K. M.; Dodson, V. N.
Page Count	262
Abstract	Assessments of job disturbances, health disturbances, and potential causes of strain among 248 video display terminal (VDT) users were made. A questionnaire on working conditions, job characteristics, biodemographic characteristics, and health and well being was administered to VDT users and 85 comparisons. Multidimensional indices of well being and job attributes were derived from the questionnaires. Scores for users and comparisons were correlated. Objective measures of workplace lighting, screen glare, and measures related to worker anthropometry and the use of keyboards were surveyed. No significant differences were found between users and comparisons on scales of job dissatisfaction or affective or somatic disturbances. The authors conclude that there is little evidence that VDT users suffer greater somatic disturbance than nonusers.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Visual perception Exposure Inspection Physiological psychology Video display terminals Toxic substances Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 41I - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Wisconsin Univ.-Madison. Dept. of Preventive Medicine.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198426
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-79-0034