Kim, Monica and Nguyen, Johnny and Patel, Nirali and Resurreccion, John (2017) Educational experience among graduate students through environmental adaptation. Masters thesis, Stanbridge University.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test the effects of ergonomic education, in comparison to combining ergonomic education and ergonomic intervention, on subjective levels of fatigue and musculoskeletal pain among seven students in higher level education. The intent was to show that through the reduction of pain and fatigue, the graduate students’ educational experience would be improved. Both groups received a 15-minute ergonomic presentation prior to the intervention group receiving additional training on proper positioning at their workstations. All participants completed weekly questionnaires reporting subjective levels of fatigue and musculoskeletal pain at the beginning and end of a 2.5-hour class period. Of the 24 individuals who filled out consent forms, seven participants qualified and completed the study. Through SPSS, the Mann-Whitney U and Analysis of Covariance conveyed no statistically significant results with regards to pain or fatigue reduction between receiving education plus intervention compared to just education alone (p > 0.05). A qualitative analysis of data trends from the questionnaire responses indicates that a future study with a larger sample size could yield significant results.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) degree. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Depositing User: | Fred Poling |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2019 16:19 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2022 22:11 |
| URI: | http://repository.stanbridge.edu/id/eprint/24 |
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