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9266627

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
We conducted a nationwide questionnaire study on the workload and health conditions of professional sign language interpreters to investigate the relationship between occupational cervicobrachial disorders (OCD) and the sign language workload. The number of valid respondents was 542 (92.3%), 85.8% of them females. They were employed by the national or local governments or organizations for the disabled. The complaint rates of subjective symptoms involving the neck, shoulders, arms, fingers, eyes and ears, being equal or higher than the rates reported for cashiers, telephone operators and nursery school teachers when OCD occurred frequently. As the workload of sign language increased, the number of complaints of symptoms in the cervicobrachial region, which also includes fingers, increased as well. Occupational safety and health management for preventing OCD should be carried out immediately for sign language interpreters.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1341-0725
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
116-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Study of workload and cervicobrachial disorder among sign language interpreters].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Preventive Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract