PROFESSIONAL RISKS FOR PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE FIELD OF IT

Authors

  • Virginia Chitic State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu”, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
  • Victor Meșina State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu”, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
  • Dumitru Cheptea State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu”, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
  • Raisa Deleu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu”, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
  • Svetlana Gherciu-Tutuescu National Public Health Agency, Republic of Moldova
  • Elena Bucata National Public Health Agency, Republic of Moldova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7328715

Keywords:

information technologies, risk factors, occupational environment, work capacity

Abstract

Objectives. Identification of professional risk factors for people employed in the field of modern information technologies.

Materials and methods. The current study was carried out by survey, on a sample of 100 people, employed in the IT field, aged between 18 and 40 years.

Results. According to the results obtained, it was observed that a factor influencing health is stress with a share of 20%, sedentary lifestyle constituted 15%, and visual overload 14%, hand overload constituted 10%, incorrect work posture with a share of 5%, and high workload and limited time corresponded to the share of 4%, the lowest share was recorded for traditional work factors: noise (3%), air currents (3%) and monotony (2%).

Discussions. The state of fatigue that can condition the decrease in work capacity largely depends on the magnitude and duration of effort, working conditions, monotony of tasks performed. In the work process of employees in the IT field, the factors of low intensity, but acting permanently and for a long time, can influence selectively or in general influence the collective of employees.

Conclusions. The professional activity of IT employees can negatively influence the state of health through various physical or psycho-emotional risk factors.

Published

18-11-2022

Issue

Section

CONFERENCE MATERIALS

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