ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-14DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2025.2477624
Angèle Picco, Arjan Stuiver, Joost de Winter, Dick de Waard
{"title":"Information, assessment, or decision: a driving simulator study on the effect of real-time feedback based on information-processing stages.","authors":"Angèle Picco, Arjan Stuiver, Joost de Winter, Dick de Waard","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2025.2477624","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2025.2477624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This driving simulator study, which focused on supporting drivers through feedback rather than automating the driving task, examined the effect of real-time feedback based on different stages of information processing on driving behaviour. The stages investigated included providing information alone, assessment of that information, and a decision based on that assessment, following Parasuraman, Sheridan, and Wickens's (2000) model of information-processing automation. The acceptability and effectiveness of the different stages of feedback were assessed on two key driving behaviours: speed and distance from the vehicle ahead. The results indicated that feedback had a limited effect on driving behaviour. However, the stage of information processing in the feedback did affect a number of outcomes, with decision-oriented feedback leading to improved behaviours but less favourable attitudinal results. Future safety interventions should consider altering risk perception and beliefs, or providing external motivation for behavioural change.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1165-1180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144627636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critical success factors for ergonomics programs and their relationship to benefits of health and safety in Mexico's manufacturing industries.","authors":"Julio César Ramos-Rodríguez, Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macías, Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, César Omar Balderrama-Armendáriz","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2403001","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2403001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research determines the critical factors for implementing ergonomics programs related to health and safety benefits in the manufacturing industries of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, from the middle/upper management perspective. The sample was non-probabilistically selected for convenience, comprising individuals in middle and senior management positions. An original questionnaire containing 105 items measuring five latent variables was developed, reviewed, and validated for data collection. The sample size totalled 206 participants. Structural equation models using partial least squares (PLS) were employed to analyse interrelationships between variables. This research demonstrated acceptable reliability and quality indices. Management commitment emerged as the most significant factor, exerting the highest direct, indirect, and total effects on the work environment and prevention activities, significantly enhancing health and safety benefits. Consequently, manufacturing companies in Juarez City must strive to improve management commitment in the working environment and prevention activities since both strategies can increase employee health and safety benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1293-1308"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-29DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2396516
Mevra Temel, Eleanor Scott, Rebecca Cain, Andrew A Johnson
{"title":"The impact of knitted linked seams on comfort and friction perception.","authors":"Mevra Temel, Eleanor Scott, Rebecca Cain, Andrew A Johnson","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2396516","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2396516","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Friction from knitted clothing can cause discomfort and skin issues, underscoring the importance of tactile comfort for wearers. Seamless knitted garments are assumed to be comfortable to wear, yet there is little understanding of their tactile comfort in comparison to linked seams - the most common form of knitted garment. This novel study examines the influence of a garments knitted structural architecture on clothing comfort and wearability by investigating skin friction and tactile perception across ten body regions in both male and female participants, using two commonly utilised materials and seam designs: cotton and merino wool with plain and linked seams. The impact of seam design and regional factors on skin friction and tactile perception was analysed, revealing varying levels across tested body regions. Removing seams exposed a greater surface area to skin contact, leading to higher perceived friction levels. As such, structural elements in knitted garments enhance wearer comfort.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1222-1238"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2396038
Kiana Kia, Jaejin Hwang, Jeong Ho Kim
{"title":"The effects of target sizes on biomechanical and cognitive load and task performance of virtual reality interactions.","authors":"Kiana Kia, Jaejin Hwang, Jeong Ho Kim","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2396038","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2396038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluated the effects of target sizes on biomechanical and cognitive load and the performance of virtual reality (VR) interactions. In a repeated-measures laboratory study, each of the twenty participants performed standardised VR tasks with three different target sizes: small, medium, and large. During the VR tasks, biomechanical load in the neck and shoulders (joint angles, joint moments, and muscle activity), cognitive load (perceived workload and cognitive stress), and task performance (completion time) were collected. The neck and shoulder joint angles, joint moments, and muscle activities were greater with the large targets compared to the medium and small targets. Moreover, the larger VR targets caused greater temporal demand and longer task completion time compared to the other target sizes. These findings indicate that target sizes in VR interfaces play important roles in biomechanical and cognitive load as well as task performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1207-1221"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2404642
Aoife Mohan, Boban Simonovic, Katia C Vione, Edward Stupple
{"title":"Examining flight time, cognitive reflection, workload, stress and metacognition on decision making performance for pilots during flight simulation.","authors":"Aoife Mohan, Boban Simonovic, Katia C Vione, Edward Stupple","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2404642","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2404642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite technological advancements, human decision errors still contribute to civil aviation accidents. This study investigated whether flight time, cognitive reflection, task-load, metacognition, and perceived stress predicted decision-making (DM) performance during two in-flight training simulations with 104 commercial pilots at Bogota International Airport. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that the predictors accounted for 56% of the variance. Cognitive reflection, flight time and performance task load emerged as significant positive predictors. Cognitive reflection significantly moderated the relationship between flight time and DM performance, with pilots scoring lower on cognitive reflection showing improved DM with increased flight time, while controlling for performance task load. The study did not find significant relationships between stress metacognition and DM performance. The study emphasises the significance of advanced training methods in improving pilots' DM, especially for those with low cognitive reflection. Future research should expand to multiple airlines, address gender balance, and incorporate direct measures of metacognitive monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1335-1347"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-09-08DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2396527
Marie E Ward, Una Geary, Rob Brennan, Rebecca Vining, Lucy McKenna, Brian O'Connell, Colm Bergin, Declan Byrne, Donncha Creagh, Mary Fogarty, Una Healy, Grainne McDonald, Malick Ebiele, Martin Crane, Minh-Khoi Pham, Malika Bendechache, Marija Bezbradica, Junli Liang, Brian Doyle, John Guilfoyle, Arwa Shuhaiber, Nick McDonald
{"title":"A systems approach to managing the risk of healthcare acquired infection in an acute hospital setting supported by human factors ergonomics, data science, data governance and AI.","authors":"Marie E Ward, Una Geary, Rob Brennan, Rebecca Vining, Lucy McKenna, Brian O'Connell, Colm Bergin, Declan Byrne, Donncha Creagh, Mary Fogarty, Una Healy, Grainne McDonald, Malick Ebiele, Martin Crane, Minh-Khoi Pham, Malika Bendechache, Marija Bezbradica, Junli Liang, Brian Doyle, John Guilfoyle, Arwa Shuhaiber, Nick McDonald","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2396527","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2396527","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Innovative approaches are needed for managing risk and system change in healthcare. This paper presents a case study of a project that took place over two years, taking a systems approach to managing the risk of healthcare acquired infection in an acute hospital setting, supported by an Access Risk Knowledge Platform which brings together Human Factors Ergonomics, Data Science, Data Governance and AI expertise. Evidence for change including meeting notes and use of the platform were studied. The work on the project focused on first systematically building a rich picture of the current situation from a transdisciplinary perspective. This allowed for understanding risk in context and developing a better capability to support enterprise risk management and accountability. From there a linking of operational and risk data took place which led to mapping of the risk pattern in the hospital.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1239-1259"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142156533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2025.2537778
Yuchu Chen, Xupu Chen, Shanguang Chen, Jie Xu, Peng Liu
{"title":"Investigating Human Factors and Ergonomics research: a 4S framework.","authors":"Yuchu Chen, Xupu Chen, Shanguang Chen, Jie Xu, Peng Liu","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2025.2537778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2025.2537778","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) originated in special domains such as military. However, it is unclear whether current HFE continues to address these domains. Here we examined trends in HFE research on special domains from 2011 to 2023, using a 4S framework (special environments, machines, tasks, humans). Less than one-third of articles in <i>Ergonomics</i> and <i>Human Factors</i> targeted special domains, with healthcare, military, and aviation as the primary focuses. Nearly half of these studies were conducted in low-fidelity environments, with about 10% in real-world settings. Real machines and front-line operators were involved in 18.1% and about 50% of these studies, respectively, and skill-based tasks were predominant in experimental studies. Collaborative research between academia and industry accounted for one-third of these studies. <i>Human Factors</i> had a higher proportion of these studies, with 54.8% of first authors from the USA, compared to 23.3% in <i>Ergonomics</i>. Concerns regarding HFE research in special domains were discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144765764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-30DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2395419
Pete Thomas, Ruth Welsh, Andrew Morris, Steve Reed
{"title":"Validating self-reported driving behaviours as determinants of real-world driving speeds.","authors":"Pete Thomas, Ruth Welsh, Andrew Morris, Steve Reed","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2395419","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2395419","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Self-reported driver behaviour has long been a tool used by road safety researchers to classify drivers and to evaluate the impact of interventions yet the relationship with real-world driving is challenging to validate due to the need for extensive, detailed observations of normal driving. This study examines this association by applying the large UDRIVE naturalistic driving study data involving 96 car drivers, comprising 131,462 trips and 1,459,110 km travelled over a duration of 32,096 hours, to compare individual questions and composite indicators based on the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire with real world driving. Self-reported speed behaviour was compared to the measured values under urban and highway conditions. Generalised Linear Mixed Models were developed to examine the relationships between the observed speed behaviours with DBQ errors and violations scores in conjunction with traffic and environmental factors. Drivers' self-reported data on speed selection seldom aligned with their real-world behaviour and there were no meaningful differences between many of the response categories. The DBQ violations and errors scales showed a highly significant correlation with driving speed indicators however they had a low explanatory power compared to other traffic situational and driving factors. Overall, the study highlights the need to validate self-reported driving data against the accuracy and relevance to real-world driving.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1192-1206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}