Awareness and practice of computer-related ergonomics among resident doctors

Abu Saleh Mohammad Mainul Hasan,Abul Khair Mohammad Salek,Syed Mozaffar Ahmed

doi:10.3329/bsmmuj.v13i2.47605

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This article has no abstract. The first 100 words appear below: The present study was designed to see the level of awareness and practice of computer-related ergonomics among resident doctors. A total of 227 residents participated in this study who had used a computer for at least a year. They were selected by simple random sampling. A self-reporting questionnaire was used to conduct the study. For better understanding and convenience, the responses were categorized into good, fair, and poor. Awareness level was good in only 15% (n= 34) of residents, fair in 16.7% and the majority 68.3% (n= 155) of residents had a poor level of awareness about ergonomics.

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Computers have become an integral part of our modern life
A study among 322 medical students in a medical college in Dhaka showed that 66.8% had personal computers.[3]
The study was performed from March 2015 to September 2016 among the 227 resident doctors (142 males, 85 females; age range 26-42 years) of Phase-A (n=103) and Phase-B (n=124) of three faculties who used desktop/laptop computer for at least one year

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Computers have become an integral part of our modern life. The use of the computer and the internet is rapidly becoming a key component of both the medical education and professional life of physicians in many parts of the world. Physicians use computers for a variety of purposes like accessing professional resources, searching information, clinical note-taking, to keep electronic health records (EHR), e-prescribing, communication among colleagues and administrative tasks.[1, 2] Easy access to digital information and communication have revolutionized computer uses in the medical profession in Bangladesh . A study among 322 medical students in a medical college in Dhaka showed that 66.8% had personal computers.[3] Since 2009 the MIS unit of the Directorate General of Health Services of Bangladesh has equipped almost every public sector health facility in the country with computers and internet connections.[4]

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