IT use and incidence of stress by demographic factors: an exploratory study

This study reports the results of a survey on the impact of IT use on health and stress of IT users. Results indicate that more than 70% of the office workers reported eye strain and general stress in using IT. There is a positive correlation between age and health problems such as eye strain, stress and backache. There is also a positive correlation between the number of hours spent in front of a computer monitor and eye strain and stress. The top three sources of stress include long hours spent in front of the computer, having to prepare a lot of documents, and not being fully competent with IT