1985 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE WORK LOAD OF VDT

Research Project

Project/Area Number	58410004
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Psychology
Research Institution	The Institute for Science of Labour
Principal Investigator	NISHIOKA Akira (財)労働科学研究所, その他, その他 (80072643)
Project Period (FY)	1983 – 1985
Keywords	Ergonomics / task analysis / work station dimension / working posture / lighting / 疲労
Research Abstract	Various companies and local government bodies in Japan intend to establish their own guidelines for physical working conditions, job design and health examination on VDT work. We have carried out the field studies from 1984 and made the suggestions for the solutions of the health problems in these offices. We adopted to clarify the nature of their respective VDT works by the following approach: 1. Questionnaire survey on the health problems and the working conditions. 2. Task analysis of VDT and Non-VDT work by the direct observation and video recording check. 3. Measurements of work station dimensions, working posture, lighting and other environmental conditions. 4. Experimental research on the visibility of VDT in the laboratory.

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