Inter- and intra- observer reliability of the offera method for assessing exposure risk of computer work-related to wmsds

A Rahman, M N and Mohamad, S S and Marwah, O M F and Masood, Ibrahim and Hassan, M F and Arifin, A M T and Haq, R H A and Ahmad, S and H, F Haw and Abdullah, Haslina (2019) Inter- and intra- observer reliability of the offera method for assessing exposure risk of computer work-related to wmsds. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS), 1150. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1742-6588

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Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1150/1/012017

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate inter- and intra- observer reliability of the observers assessing office workers performing their jobs using the Office Ergonomic Risk Assessment (OFFERA) method. 44 Industrial Engineering students at UTHM participated in a training session on inter- and intra- observer reliability. The period interval between inter- and intra- observer training session was 1 week. Three different jobs were assessed by observer using the OFFERA method. Through the three different tasks, the average of inter- and intraobserver reliability ranged between good to very good agreement. Meanwhile, the level of agreement for the intra-observer (K=0.68-0.96) was higher than the inter-observer (K=0.62- 0.94). Items with the strongest agreement (K=0.96) were related to armrest, document holder and keyboard wrist rest. The OFFERA method has both good and very good agreement in terms of reliability. The observers stated that it was easy to evaluate the ergonomic risk at office using this simple tool.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	NIL
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) > T55.4-60.8 Industrial engineering. Management engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering > Department of Manufacturing Engineering
Depositing User:	Miss Afiqah Faiqah Mohd Hafiz
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2021 06:26
Last Modified:	08 Dec 2021 06:26
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/4634

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