Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/172430 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 03-95
Publisher: 
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI
Abstract: 
Pre- and post-intervention data on health outcomes, absenteeism, and productivity from a longitudinal, quasi-experimental design field study of office workers was used to evaluate the economic consequences of two ergonomic interventions. Researchers assigned individuals in the study to three groups: a group that received an ergonomically designed chair and office ergonomics training; a group that received office ergonomics training only; and a control group. The results show that while training alone has neither a statistically significant effect on health nor productivity, the chair-with-training intervention substantially reduced pain and improved productivity. Neither intervention affected sick leave hours.
Subjects: 
ergonomics
chair
pain
DeRango
JEL: 
I1
J0
J8
M5
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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