Table 13.
Incidence of complaints as related to smoking habits.
|
Smoking habit |
Number of operators |
Ergonomic score mean (SD) |
Age (year) mean (SD) |
Duration of employment (year) mean (SD) |
Computer use (hours/day) mean (SD) |
Complaints N (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | General | Eye and vision | Neck and shoulder | Upper extremity | Lower extremity | Trunk | ||||||
| King Abdulaziz University computer users | ||||||||||||
| Nonsmokers | 79 | 37.2 | 30.7 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 12 | 37 | 22 | 40 | 24 | 10 | 37 |
| (7.6) | (9.1) | (6.6) | (2.2) | (15.2) | (46.8) | (27.8) | (50.6) | (30.4) | (12.7) | (46.8) | ||
| Smokers | 21 | 35.3 | 34.2 | 9.0 | 6.2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| (7.4) | (9.3) | (7.9) | (3.1) | (14.3) | (66.7) | (81.0) | (52.4) | (33.3) | (23.8) | (52.4) | ||
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| Saudi Airlines Ticket Reservation operators | ||||||||||||
| Nonsmokers | 75 | 72.2 | 39.5 | 18.9 | 6.0 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 21 |
| (13.8) | (9.1) | (10.7) | (0.0) | (42.7) | (36.0) | (34.7) | (28.0) | (20.0) | (20.0) | (28.0) | ||
| Smokers | 25 | 69.0 | 40.4 | 20.9 | 6.0 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
| (10.4) | (9.3) | (9.9) | (0.0) | (36.0) | (52.0) | (52.0) | (56.0) | (28.0) | (32.0) | (52.0) | ||
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| Saudi Telecom Co. computer operators | ||||||||||||
| Nonsmokers | 62 | 81.8 | 29.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 33 | 8 |
| (15.5) | (6.5) | (6.6) | (2.1) | (14.5) | (61.3) | (56.5) | (54.8) | (25.8) | (53.2) | (12.9) | ||
| Smokers | 38 | 81.0 | 30.3 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 5 |
| (12.5) | (8.4) | (8.3) | (8.6) | (18.4) | (65.8) | (63.2) | (44.7) | (26.3) | (44.7) | (13.2) | ||