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The Relationship of VDT Work Condition and Fatigue Severity in the Financial Office Workers  

Choi, Soon-Young (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, In-Ha University)
Lee, Byung-Su (Dept. of Environmental Hygiene, Kyung-In Women's College)
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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.10, no.2, 2008 , pp. 15-24 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to investigate the relationship of VDT(visual display terminal) work condition and fatigue severity in the financial office workers. Questionnaires were completed by 662 persons in VDT workers of Post Office from January to May 2006. Multidimensional Fatigue Scale(MFS) that was developed in Korea Occupational Safety &Health Agency to estimate the degree of fatigue was used for study. In results, 149 persons(22.5%) in VDT workers were felt low fatigue severity, 351 workers(53.0%) were middle, and 162 workers (24.5%) were high. So it was appeared that one in four VDT workers felt the high fatigue severity. And woman VDT workers felt more fatigue severity than man. Also, fatigue severity was increased with increasing work time. Our findings suggest that VDT workers in financial office need proper health program to prevent occupational fatigue and disease.
Keywords
VDT; MFS; Financial Office Workers;
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