The effect of training and workstation adjustability on teleworker discomfort during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics Consent: Participants who had received an assessment from our ergonomics consulting group were asked for their consent to access their assessment report to identify the workstation elements discussed during their assessment.
IRB: Respondents could also upload a series of pictures of them at their workstation to provide a better understanding of the quality of their workstation and how well it fit them. 2.2. Methods: Prior to beginning the study, the General Research Ethics Board at Queen’s University and the Oakland University Institutional Review Board reviewed and approved all elements of the study, including the recruitment materials and the survey questions. 2.2.1. Participant …SciScore for 10.1101/2021.10.08.21264708: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics Consent: Participants who had received an assessment from our ergonomics consulting group were asked for their consent to access their assessment report to identify the workstation elements discussed during their assessment.
IRB: Respondents could also upload a series of pictures of them at their workstation to provide a better understanding of the quality of their workstation and how well it fit them. 2.2. Methods: Prior to beginning the study, the General Research Ethics Board at Queen’s University and the Oakland University Institutional Review Board reviewed and approved all elements of the study, including the recruitment materials and the survey questions. 2.2.1. Participant Recruitment: Study participants were all staff, faculty, and administration at Queen’s University, a large university that provides comprehensive ergonomic consulting services to all employees on campus.Sex as a biological variable The first part of the survey included standard demographic questions including age (multiple choice - binned by decade), gender (multiple choice - male, female, other), and occupation (typed word answer). Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
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Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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