An Investigation of the Medical Data Index (MDI) Health Questionnaire Given to Women VDT Workers Involved in Advanced Office Automation 924 Women Clerks in a City Bank with Head and Branch Offices

K YAMAMURA; R KISHI; T SADAMOTO; H KIYOSAWA; H MIYAKE; T TAKEKAWA; H SUKEGAWA; Y IWADATE

doi:10.2486/indhealth.21.199

An Investigation of the Medical Data Index (MDI) Health Questionnaire Given to Women VDT Workers Involved in Advanced Office Automation

924 Women Clerks in a City Bank with Head and Branch Offices

K YAMAMURA, R KISHI, T SADAMOTO, H KIYOSAWA, H MIYAKE, T TAKEKAWA, H SUKEGAWA, Y IWADATE

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K YAMAMURA
Department of Hygiene, Asahikawa Medical College
Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
R KISHI
Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical College
Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
T SADAMOTO
Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical College
Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
H KIYOSAWA
Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical College
Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
H MIYAKE
Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical College
Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
T TAKEKAWA
Department of Psychology, Sapporo Medical College
Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
H SUKEGAWA
Medical Office of Hokkaido Takushoku Bank Correspondence to Kohtaroh Yamamura Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
Y IWADATE
Medical Office of Hokkaido Takushoku Bank Correspondence to Kohtaroh Yamamura Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College
Department of Hygiene Asahikawa Medical College

Keywords: Visual Display Terminal (V.D.T.) work, Factor analysis, Eye symtom

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1983 Volume 21 Issue 3 Pages 199-207

DOI https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.21.199

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Abstract

The Medical Data Index (MDI) health questionnaire was given to 924 women clerks engaged in Visual Display Terminal (VDT) work in the head or branch offices of a city bank. In order to estimate the interrelation and relevance of the health complaints of the 150 MDI items, characteristics of the 34 main complaints of these women were analyzed by means of tetrachoric correlation coefficients and factor analysis.
The tendency of many complaints considered to be related to mental strain and eye impairment was the dominant factor in the sense that the eigen value of this factor was extremely high.

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