Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study

The Malaysian government formally enforces study, worship, and online learning rules during the movement control order period. Learning activities that used to be carried out face-to-face have now been changed mainly into virtual meetings. These conditions affect the effectiveness of the student...

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Main Authors: Fazilah, Abdul Aziz, Nur Aisyah Mardhiah, Halim
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description The Malaysian government formally enforces study, worship, and online learning rules during the movement control order period. Learning activities that used to be carried out face-to-face have now been changed mainly into virtual meetings. These conditions affect the effectiveness of the student's well-being and learning process in higher education. This study aims to determine the problems and risk factors of continuous computer use on a person's musculoskeletal system. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 volunteers from a public university student body in Pahang. Data were collected using a structured socio-demographic, work-related factors questionnaire and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) for MSD assessment. Each student's severity of MSD symptoms was assessed by a visual analogue scale (VAS). Robust Poisson regression was used to investigate the association of MSDs with socio-demographic and other study-related factors. More than 60% of students experienced symptoms of musculoskeletal problems in the neck, shoulder, upper back, and lower back. This study found that gender and not taking a break from electronic devices lead to musculoskeletal discomfort among students. In addition, this result shows that revision activity leads to musculoskeletal discomfort in the neck and low back among students. Moreover, class attendance led to musculoskeletal discomfort in the lower back. These findings provide awareness regarding musculoskeletal discomfort risk factors among students in university institutions.
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spelling ump-357002022-11-16T07:21:59Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35700/ Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study Fazilah, Abdul Aziz Nur Aisyah Mardhiah, Halim Q Science (General) RC Internal medicine TS Manufactures The Malaysian government formally enforces study, worship, and online learning rules during the movement control order period. Learning activities that used to be carried out face-to-face have now been changed mainly into virtual meetings. These conditions affect the effectiveness of the student's well-being and learning process in higher education. This study aims to determine the problems and risk factors of continuous computer use on a person's musculoskeletal system. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 volunteers from a public university student body in Pahang. Data were collected using a structured socio-demographic, work-related factors questionnaire and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) for MSD assessment. Each student's severity of MSD symptoms was assessed by a visual analogue scale (VAS). Robust Poisson regression was used to investigate the association of MSDs with socio-demographic and other study-related factors. More than 60% of students experienced symptoms of musculoskeletal problems in the neck, shoulder, upper back, and lower back. This study found that gender and not taking a break from electronic devices lead to musculoskeletal discomfort among students. In addition, this result shows that revision activity leads to musculoskeletal discomfort in the neck and low back among students. Moreover, class attendance led to musculoskeletal discomfort in the lower back. These findings provide awareness regarding musculoskeletal discomfort risk factors among students in university institutions. Penerbit UMP 2022-09 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35700/1/Consequences%20of%20risk%20factors%20related%20to%20prolonged%20computer.pdf Fazilah, Abdul Aziz and Nur Aisyah Mardhiah, Halim (2022) Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study. Journal of Modern Manufacturing Systems and Technology (JMMST), 6 (2). pp. 69-75. ISSN 2636-9575. (Published) https://doi.org/10.15282/jmmst.v6i2.8569 https://doi.org/10.15282/jmmst.v6i2.8569
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
RC Internal medicine
TS Manufactures
Fazilah, Abdul Aziz
Nur Aisyah Mardhiah, Halim
Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study
title Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study
title_full Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study
title_fullStr Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study
title_full_unstemmed Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study
title_short Consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: A case study
title_sort consequences of risk factors related to prolonged computer use on musculaokeletal pain in public unversity students: a case study
topic Q Science (General)
RC Internal medicine
TS Manufactures
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