Authors : Cemaliye Hürer, Cemaliye Hürer, Ferdiye Zabit Özdemir, Ferdiye Zabit Özdemir, Emine Ahsen Şenol, Emine Ahsen Şenol, Zehra Güçhan Topcu, Zehra Güçhan Topcu
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijnmhs.2021.029
Volume : 4
Issue : 4
Year : 2021
Page No : 164-170
Background: Students suddenly came across with a new education system due to pandemic. Health education needs practices including manual skills so education method is totally affected in Faculties of Health Sciences.
Aims: The aim of this study is to examine the ergonomic suitability of the studying posture and health-related quality of life of the students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Setting and Design: Faculties of Health Sciences of the Universities in Northern Cyprus, a cross-sectional study design
Ergonomic designs were evaluated from five pictures and a total score was obtained. Nottingham Health Profile was used to determine the quality of life during this new education version.
Results and Conclusions: Only 12.8% of the students used a great posture and some parameters of quality of life were found different between female and males (p<0>
Keywords: Computer, Distant learning, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pain