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Halil Kılıç1, Gerbera Vledder2, Xinhe Yao2
1Department of Woodworking Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
Background:
A valid distribution of key anthropometric parameters among participants is often a perquisite of ergonomics research.
Objective:
In this paper, we investigated the accuracy of self-reported stature and body mass of the population in the Netherlands.
Methods:
Data from 4 experiments was synthesized where in each experiment, participants self-reported their stature and body mass prior to being measured, of which they were not notified before.
Results:
Statistical analysis of 249 records indicated that on average, participants overreported their stature by 1.31 cm and underreported their mass by 1.45 kg. This is especially true for people with a BMI≥25.
Conclusion:
Two models were proposed to adjust the self-reported stature and body mass for ergonomic researchers in a survey or recruitment. Limitations in using the models are highlighted as well.
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