Inter- and intra- observer reliability of the offera method for assessing exposure risk of computer work-related to wmsds
2019
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.
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