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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   Case Control Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   PRACTICE OF ERGONOMICS AMONG COMPUTER USERS 
Scientific Title of Study   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   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
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  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
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  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
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  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Canara bank 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Mr Martin Varkey 
Address  Father Muller college Of Nursing, Kankanady, Mangalore 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self funded] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
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 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Father Muller Institutional ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Knowledge level is assessed 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
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. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Office workers who have attended computer ergonomics training program before. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Other 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The findings of the study revealed that majority of the subjects (73%) did not have any previous information about computer ergonomics  30days 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Demographic variables are associated with knoweledge and self reported practice of ergonomics  p value is less than 0.05 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="100"
Sample Size from India="100" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= ""
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   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   Years="0"
Months="0"
Days="28" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details    
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary  

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%).

 
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