Are simple feedback interventions involving workplace data associated with better working environment and health? A cluster randomized controlled study among Swedish VDU workers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-210

  Eklöf, Mats ^a   Hagberg, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intervention; Psychosocial factors; VDU work

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FEEDBACK; PERSONNEL;

INTERVENTION; PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS; VDU WORK;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 28844477568     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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