Özet:
In general terms, ergonomics is the conformity of human and
equipment. Unconformity between human and equipment is more likely to
give harm either to the equipment or to human. This conformity may go for
both daily domestic tasks and work life. Domestic furniture and equipment
are designed by taking average features of individuals into consideration.
For example; chairs, tables, beds and similar things are manufactured with
the measurements which are accepted as standard all over the world. People
spend most of their time at their homes and workplaces. Similarly, the
ergonomics considered in the manufacture of domestic furniture takes an
important place in working life, as well. This is highly significant in terms
of both health of workers and efficiency of the work done. On the other
hand, ergonomics possesses importance in terms of patients except from
workers and work efficiency in health sector. Working in non-ergonomic
settings may both endanger health of healthcare personnel and cause decrease
in work efficiency as well as posing negative effects for recovery of the
patients. From this point of view, ergonomics in health sector becomes
more important in many aspects. In this study, it was aimed to develop a
scale with regard to finding out perceptions of the healthcare personnel on
engineering technologies and ergonomics principles.
