Ergonomic Risk Factors of Teleworking in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, guidelines for people's confinement have been implemented to prevent the disease's spread. As a result of this, companies have implemented teleworking as an emerging way to work from home using information technology. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Ecuador, with a sample of 204 teleworkers in the city of Quito. The results show that the teleworkers rearranged their bedrooms to carry out their activities. The respondents in each age group stated they did not perceive more significant ailments than those experienced before beginning teleworking. The relationships between the variables were analyzed utilizing the Chi-Square test and Fisher's exact test, finding a relationship between neck ailments and age of p = 0.031 * and between arm/forearm

SUBMITTER: Larrea-Araujo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8151790 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature