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dc.contributor.authorPereira, Michelle-
dc.contributor.authorComans, Tracy-
dc.contributor.authorSjøgaard, Gisela-
dc.contributor.authorStraker, Leon-
dc.contributor.authorMelloh, Markus-
dc.contributor.authorO’Leary, Shaun-
dc.contributor.authorChen, Xiaoqi-
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Venerina-
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-23T16:18:38Z-
dc.date.available2019-01-23T16:18:38Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.issn0355-3140de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1795-990Xde_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/14602-
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Using an employer's perspective, this study aimed to compare the immediate and longer-term impact of workplace ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus ergonomics and health promotion information on health-related productivity among a general population of office workers and those with neck pain. Methods: A prospective one-year cluster randomized trial was conducted. Participants received an individualized workstation ergonomics intervention, combined with 12 weeks of either workplace neck-specific exercises or health promotion information. Health-related productivity at baseline, post-intervention and 12-months was measured with the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire. Intention-to-treat analysis was performed using multilevel mixed models. Results: We recruited 763 office workers from 14 organizations and allocated them to 100 clusters. For the general population of office workers, monetized productivity loss at 12 months [AU$1464 (standard deviation [SD] 1318) versus AU$1563 (SD=1039); P=0.023]; and presenteeism at 12 months [2.0 (SD 1.2) versus 2.4 (SD 1.4); P=0.007] was lower in the exercise group compared to those in the health promotion information group. For office workers with neck pain, exercise participants had lower sickness absenteeism at 12 months compared to health promotion information participants [0.7 days (SD 1.0) versus 1.4 days (SD 3.1); P-=0.012], despite a short-term increase in sickness absenteeism post-intervention compared to baseline for the exercise group [1.2 days (SD 2.2) versus 0.6 days (SD 0.9); P<0.001]. Conclusion: A workplace intervention combining ergonomics and neck-specific exercise offers possible benefits for sickness presenteeism and health-related productivity loss among a general population of office workers and sickness absenteeism for office workers with neck pain in the longer-term.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherNordic Association of Occupational Safety and Healthde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Healthde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectAbsenteeismde_CH
dc.subjectWorkplacede_CH
dc.subjectProductivityde_CH
dc.subjectOffice workerde_CH
dc.subjectOccupational healthde_CH
dc.subjectNeck-specific exercisede_CH
dc.subjectNeck painde_CH
dc.subjectNeckde_CH
dc.subjectMusculoskeletal diseasede_CH
dc.subjectInterventionde_CH
dc.subjectHealth promotionde_CH
dc.subjectErgonomicsde_CH
dc.subjectEfficiencyde_CH
dc.subjectCluster-randomized trialde_CH
dc.subjectHealth promotion interventionde_CH
dc.subject.ddc610: Medizin und Gesundheitde_CH
dc.subject.ddc658.3: Personalmanagementde_CH
dc.titleThe impact of workplace ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity : a cluster-randomized trialde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementGesundheitde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Public Health (IPH)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.5271/sjweh.3760de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-4991-
dc.identifier.pmid30132008de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue1de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end52de_CH
zhaw.pages.start42de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume45de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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Pereira, M., Comans, T., Sjøgaard, G., Straker, L., Melloh, M., O’Leary, S., Chen, X., & Johnston, V. (2019). The impact of workplace ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity : a cluster-randomized trial. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 45(1), 42–52. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3760
Pereira, M. et al. (2019) ‘The impact of workplace ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity : a cluster-randomized trial’, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 45(1), pp. 42–52. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3760.
M. Pereira et al., “The impact of workplace ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity : a cluster-randomized trial,” Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 42–52, 2019, doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3760.
PEREIRA, Michelle, Tracy COMANS, Gisela SJØGAARD, Leon STRAKER, Markus MELLOH, Shaun O’LEARY, Xiaoqi CHEN und Venerina JOHNSTON, 2019. The impact of workplace ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus ergonomics and health promotion interventions on office worker productivity : a cluster-randomized trial. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2019. Bd. 45, Nr. 1, S. 42–52. DOI 10.5271/sjweh.3760
Pereira, Michelle, Tracy Comans, Gisela Sjøgaard, Leon Straker, Markus Melloh, Shaun O’Leary, Xiaoqi Chen, and Venerina Johnston. 2019. “The Impact of Workplace Ergonomics and Neck-Specific Exercise versus Ergonomics and Health Promotion Interventions on Office Worker Productivity : A Cluster-Randomized Trial.” Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health 45 (1): 42–52. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3760.
Pereira, Michelle, et al. “The Impact of Workplace Ergonomics and Neck-Specific Exercise versus Ergonomics and Health Promotion Interventions on Office Worker Productivity : A Cluster-Randomized Trial.” Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, vol. 45, no. 1, 2019, pp. 42–52, https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3760.


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