Environmental Health, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101, Tampere, Finland.
Ergonomics. 2013;56(7):1134-46. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2013.802018. Epub 2013 Jun 3.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible relation between self-reported neck symptoms (aches, pain or numbness) and use of computers/cell phones. The study was carried out as a cross-sectional study by posting a questionnaire to 15,000 working-age persons, and 15.1% of all respondents (6121) reported that they very often experienced physical symptoms in the neck. The results showed that they also had many other symptoms very often, and 49% used a computer daily at work and 83.9% used cell phones. We compared physical/mental symptoms of persons with symptoms in the neck quite often or more, with others. We found significant differences in the physical/mental symptoms and use of cell phones and computers. The results suggest taking into account in the future that those persons' symptoms in the neck can be associated with use of cell phones or computers.
We investigated the possible relation between neck symptoms and use of computers/cell phones. We found that persons, who very often had symptoms in the neck, had also other symptoms very often (e.g. exhaustion at work). Their use of information and communication technology (e.g. computers) can associate with their symptoms.
本研究旨在探讨自述颈部症状（疼痛、酸痛或麻木）与使用电脑/手机之间可能存在的关系。该研究通过向 15000 名工作年龄的人发送问卷进行横断面研究，所有受访者中有 15.1%（6121 人）报告称他们经常出现颈部的身体症状。结果表明，他们也经常出现许多其他症状，49%的人在工作中每天使用电脑，83.9%的人使用手机。我们比较了颈部症状频繁或更频繁的人与其他人的身体/精神症状。我们发现，在身体/精神症状以及手机和电脑的使用方面存在显著差异。结果表明，未来应考虑到这些人的颈部症状可能与使用手机或电脑有关。
我们调查了颈部症状与使用电脑/手机之间的可能关系。我们发现，经常出现颈部症状的人也经常出现其他症状（例如工作时疲惫）。他们对信息和通信技术（例如计算机）的使用可能与他们的症状有关。
