Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 3 Sayfa Aralığı: 151 - 157 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703 İndeks Tarihi: 24-04-2020

A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality

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Purpose: Sitting for a long time is considered to be one of the most important disease risks. Therefore, individual-specific arrangements inthe early period can prevent these diseases. This study was aimed to assess the suitability of school desk and chair for Turkish population withcurrent anthropometric measurements and find out the impact of this on the same participants’ life quality.Method: The students of the School of Health Science (N=153) made up the sample for this study. 14 different anthropometric measurementswere taken from the participants and they were required to fill in the WHOQOL-Bref Life Quality Scale for the last month in the study.Result: Statistically no significant difference was determined in regards of general and sub-parameters of life quality points such as physicaland environmental points between sample female (n=81) and male (n=72) population (p>0.05). Some fit and unfit measurements for deskdimensions were determined when anthropometric measurements of desk dimensions were analyzed minimally and maximally (5–95%) interms of gender.Conclusion: In this study musculoskeletal disorders owing to the long term use of ergonomically unsuitable desks by determining fit andunfit measurements in desk dimensions and the effect of this on life quality are explained. Also norm values for new furniture designs weredetermined by calculating anthropometric measurements that must be updated termly for the continuously changing population.
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APA bilgiç m, Karaağaç A, MUTUŞ R (2019). A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. , 151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
Chicago bilgiç merve,Karaağaç Ali,MUTUŞ RIFAT A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. (2019): 151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
MLA bilgiç merve,Karaağaç Ali,MUTUŞ RIFAT A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. , 2019, ss.151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
AMA bilgiç m,Karaağaç A,MUTUŞ R A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. . 2019; 151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
Vancouver bilgiç m,Karaağaç A,MUTUŞ R A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. . 2019; 151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
IEEE bilgiç m,Karaağaç A,MUTUŞ R "A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality." , ss.151 - 157, 2019. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
ISNAD bilgiç, merve vd. "A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality". (2019), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
APA bilgiç m, Karaağaç A, MUTUŞ R (2019). A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences, 3(3), 151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
Chicago bilgiç merve,Karaağaç Ali,MUTUŞ RIFAT A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences 3, no.3 (2019): 151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
MLA bilgiç merve,Karaağaç Ali,MUTUŞ RIFAT A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences, vol.3, no.3, 2019, ss.151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
AMA bilgiç m,Karaağaç A,MUTUŞ R A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences. 2019; 3(3): 151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
Vancouver bilgiç m,Karaağaç A,MUTUŞ R A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality. Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences. 2019; 3(3): 151 - 157. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
IEEE bilgiç m,Karaağaç A,MUTUŞ R "A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality." Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences, 3, ss.151 - 157, 2019. 10.30621/jbachs.2019.703
ISNAD bilgiç, merve vd. "A Research on The Suitability of Desk Ergonomy of a Foundation University for Anthropometric Measurements of Students and its Impact on Their Life Quality". Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences 3/3 (2019), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.2019.703