CTRI Number |
CTRI/2013/05/003654 [Registered on: 20/05/2013] Trial Registered Retrospectively |
Last Modified On: |
30/04/2013 |
Post Graduate Thesis |
Yes |
Type of Trial |
Observational |
Type of Study
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Case Control Study |
Study Design |
Other |
Public Title of Study
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PRACTICE OF ERGONOMICS AMONG COMPUTER USERS |
Scientific Title of Study
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A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SELF REPORTED PRACTICE OF ERGONOMICS AMONG COMPUTER USERS IN SELECTED OFFICES IN MANGALORE WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATION BOOKLET |
Trial Acronym |
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Secondary IDs if Any
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Secondary ID |
Identifier |
NIL |
NIL |
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Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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Name |
Mr Martin Varkey |
Designation |
Student |
Affiliation |
Father Muller College of Nursing |
Address |
Father Muller College of Nursing, Kankanady, Mangalore Father Muller college Of Nursing, Kankanady, Mangalore Father
Muller college Of Nursing , A Unit of charitable Institution,
Kankanady, Mangalore Dakshina Kannada KARNATAKA 575002 India |
Phone |
7411671845 |
Fax |
08242438906 |
Email |
martin.rediff@gmail.com |
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Details of Contact Person Scientific Query
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Name |
Prof Mrs Irene TR Alvares |
Designation |
Professor |
Affiliation |
Father Muller College of Nursing |
Address |
Father Muller College of Nursing, Kankanady, Mangalore Father Muller college Of Nursing, Kankanady, Mangalore Father
Muller college Of Nursing , A Unit of charitable Institution,
Kankanady, Mangalore Dakshina Kannada KARNATAKA 575002 India |
Phone |
9845055651 |
Fax |
08242438906 |
Email |
irenedias19@yahoo.co.in |
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Details of Contact Person Public Query
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Name |
Prof Mrs Irene TR Alvares |
Designation |
Professor |
Affiliation |
Father Muller College of Nursing |
Address |
Father Muller College of Nursing, Kankanady, Mangalore Father Muller college Of Nursing, Kankanady, Mangalore Father
Muller college Of Nursing , A Unit of charitable Institution,
Kankanady, Mangalore Dakshina Kannada KARNATAKA 575002 India |
Phone |
9845055651 |
Fax |
08242438906 |
Email |
irenedias19@yahoo.co.in |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
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Primary Sponsor
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Name |
Mr Martin Varkey |
Address |
Father Muller college Of Nursing, Kankanady, Mangalore |
Type of Sponsor |
Other [Self funded] |
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Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Countries of Recruitment
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India |
Sites of Study
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No of Sites = 1 |
Name of Principal
Investigator |
Name of Site |
Site Address |
Phone/Fax/Email |
Prof Mrs Irene T R Alvares |
circle office canara bank ,Father Muller Hospital |
Circle office Canara bank
Balmatta Road
Mangalore
and
fr Muller Medical college hospital mangalore. Dakshina Kannada KARNATAKA |
9845055651 08242438906 irenedias19@yahoo.co.in |
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Details of Ethics Committee
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No of Ethics Committees= 1 |
Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
Father Muller Institutional ethics Committee |
Approved |
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Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Health Condition / Problems Studied
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Health Type |
Condition |
Healthy Human Volunteers |
Knowledge level is assessed |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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Inclusion Criteria
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Age From |
21.00 Year(s) |
Age To |
51.00 Year(s) |
Gender |
Both |
Details |
Office workers who use computers for at least four hours a day. |
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ExclusionCriteria |
Details |
Office workers who have attended computer ergonomics training program before. |
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Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Other |
Method of Concealment
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Not Applicable |
Blinding/Masking
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Not Applicable |
Primary Outcome
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Outcome |
TimePoints |
The findings of the study revealed that majority of the subjects (73%) did not have any previous information about computer ergonomics |
30days |
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Secondary Outcome
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Outcome |
TimePoints |
Demographic variables are associated with knoweledge and self reported practice of ergonomics |
p value is less than 0.05 |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="100" Sample Size from India="100"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= ""
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="" |
Phase of Trial
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Phase 4 |
Date of First Enrollment (India)
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19/11/2012 |
Date of Study Completion (India) |
Date Missing |
Date of First Enrollment (Global) |
Date Missing |
Date of Study Completion (Global) |
Date Missing |
Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="0" Months="0" Days="28" |
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
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Not Applicable |
Recruitment Status of Trial (India) |
Completed |
Publication Details
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Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement
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Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?
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Brief Summary
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The descriptive survey approach has been used in view of accomplishing the main objectives of the study. The tool consists of baseline proforma along with structured knowledge questionnaire; structured self- reported practice rating scale and an opinionnaire for the prepared information booklet. The subjects consisted of 100 office workers who use computer for their work and were selected by purposive sampling technique. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics
The findings of the study revealed that majority of the subjects (73%) did not have any previous information about computer ergonomics. More than half of the subjects (54%) use computer for 7 and more hours of work. The most common symptoms reported were eye strain (60%), followed by back pain (40%). Of the total, 47% had satisfactory knowledge, 28% good knowledge, 19% poor knowledge, 4% very good knowledge and 2% had very poor knowledge in computer ergonomics. More than half of the subjects (55%) reported partially safe practice, 31% reported mostly safe practice, 14% reported totally unsafe practice and none reported totally safe practice. Also, a weak positive correlation was found between knowledge and self-reported practice of computer ergonomics among the office computer users(r=0.272, p<0.05). A significant association between knowledge of computer ergonomics with gender (p=0.04) and significant association between self-reported practice of computer ergonomics with variables like gender, (p=0.016), hours of work using computer per day (p=0.045), monthly income (p=0.004) and symptoms (p=0.001) was found out. More than half of the subjects strongly agreed that the information booklet was informative (56%) and useful to them (52%). |