Adedoyin Rufus A, Idowu Bimbo O, Adagunodo Rotimi E, Owoyomi Ayodeji A, Idowu Peter A
Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Technol Health Care. 2005;13(2):125-30.
Computer related musculoskeletal disorders affect millions of computer users yearly in developed nations as reported in the literature. With proliferation of computer systems in the developing nations, the associated musculoskeletal pain has yet to be investigated. This serves as impetus for this study.
A structured questionnaire was used to obtain information from computer users across six federal university campuses in Nigeria. The questionnaire contained two sections of 35 items each. The questions requested the respondents to provide information on age, sex, years of computer usage, hour spent on computer per week, associated musculoskeletal pain, pain severity and knowledge of preventive measures. 1041 questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Low back pain and neck pain were found to be the highest pain complaint with 74% and 73% respectively. 67% of the respondents complained of wrist pain, followed by finger pain (65%), shoulder pain 63% and general body pain 61%. The knee and foot pains were the least reported complaints with 26% and 25% respectively. In terms of pain severity, low back pain, finger pain, neck pain and shoulder pain are rated to be moderate, while all other joints were said to be of mild pain.
The results of this study indicated that low back pain, neck pain and upper limbs are the common disorders complaints among the users. The cause of the pain may be attributed to bad ergonomics among the users.
如文献报道，在发达国家，与计算机相关的肌肉骨骼疾病每年影响数百万计算机用户。随着计算机系统在发展中国家的普及，与之相关的肌肉骨骼疼痛尚未得到研究。这为本研究提供了动力。
使用结构化问卷从尼日利亚六个联邦大学校园的计算机用户那里获取信息。问卷包含两个部分，各有35个项目。问题要求受访者提供有关年龄、性别、计算机使用年限、每周花在计算机上的时间、相关的肌肉骨骼疼痛、疼痛严重程度以及预防措施知识等信息。使用描述性统计分析了1041份问卷。
发现腰痛和颈痛是最常见的疼痛主诉，分别占74%和73%。67%的受访者抱怨手腕疼痛，其次是手指疼痛（65%）、肩部疼痛（63%）和全身疼痛（61%）。膝痛和足痛的报告最少，分别为26%和25%。就疼痛严重程度而言，腰痛、手指疼痛、颈痛和肩部疼痛被评为中度，而所有其他关节据说疼痛较轻。
本研究结果表明，腰痛、颈痛和上肢疼痛是用户中常见的疾病主诉。疼痛的原因可能归因于用户不良的人体工程学。
