Visual Symptoms and Risk Assessment Using Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM)

Hillevi Hemphälä; Marina Heiden; Per Lindberg; Per Nylén

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_92

Visual Symptoms and Risk Assessment Using Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM)

Hillevi Hemphälä, Marina Heiden, Per Lindberg, Per Nylén

Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology

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Abstract

A visual environment impaired by e.g. glare can cause eyestrain, visual symptoms and musculoskeletal strain. A Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM) consisting of both a subjective questionnaire and an objective risk assessment, have been used at 217 workplaces, mainly computer work. VERAM can be used to examine and prevent deficiencies and increase wellbeing as well as detecting risks in the visual work environment and suggest measures that can be used to reduce the risks. The questionnaire showed that eyestrain, visual symptoms and musculoskeletal strain are common among Swedish workers. The overall risk assessments for glare and amount of illuminance on work surface are divided into three categories, green – no risk, yellow – risk, and red – high risk. Risk of glare and insufficient illuminance was present at 66% and 49% of the assessed workplaces, respectively. When the risk of glare and illuminance levels was rated as red, the frequency of the subjective strain was higher.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) - Volume II
Subtitle of host publication	Inclusive Design
Editors	Nancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages	729-735
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783030746049
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_92
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 2021 Jun 13 → 2021 Jun 18

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	220
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	2021/06/13 → 2021/06/18

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Free keywords

Asthenopia
Eyestrain
Flicker
Glare
Headache
Illuminance
Neck pain
Temporal light modulation

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10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_92

Visual Ergonomics
Hemphälä, H. (Invited speaker)
2024 Apr 16 → 2024 Apr 19
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Hemphälä, H., Heiden, M., Lindberg, P., & Nylén, P. (2021). Visual Symptoms and Risk Assessment Using Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM). In N. L. Black, W. P. Neumann, & I. Noy (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) - Volume II: Inclusive Design (pp. 729-735). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 220). Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_92

Hemphälä, Hillevi ; Heiden, Marina ; Lindberg, Per et al. / Visual Symptoms and Risk Assessment Using Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM). Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) - Volume II: Inclusive Design. editor / Nancy L. Black ; W. Patrick Neumann ; Ian Noy. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2021. pp. 729-735 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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Hemphälä, H, Heiden, M, Lindberg, P & Nylén, P 2021, Visual Symptoms and Risk Assessment Using Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM). in NL Black, WP Neumann & I Noy (eds), Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) - Volume II: Inclusive Design. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 220, Springer Science and Business Media B.V., pp. 729-735, 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021, Virtual, Online, 2021/06/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_92

Visual Symptoms and Risk Assessment Using Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM). / Hemphälä, Hillevi; Heiden, Marina; Lindberg, Per et al.
Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) - Volume II: Inclusive Design. ed. / Nancy L. Black; W. Patrick Neumann; Ian Noy. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2021. p. 729-735 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 220).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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Hemphälä H, Heiden M, Lindberg P, Nylén P. Visual Symptoms and Risk Assessment Using Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM). In Black NL, Neumann WP, Noy I, editors, Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) - Volume II: Inclusive Design. Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2021. p. 729-735. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_92

Visual Symptoms and Risk Assessment Using Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM)

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