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This study aims to provide an ergonomic assessment of a church to validate the concerns from its churchgoers regarding its overall conditions, and to provide recommendations to address such concerns. The researchers looked into five factors– illumination level, temperature level, noise level, pew dimensions, and kneeler dimensions – that may affect the churchgoers’ overall experience while attending mass. Each factor was measured and compared to researched ergonomic standards to assess whether such standards were met. The results showed that majority of the factors were not compliant to ergonomic standards.
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Valdez, I.J., Reyes, L.J., Sobremonte, J.R., Portus, A.J. (2019). An Ergonomic Assessment of a Philippine Catholic Church. In: Goonetilleke, R., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Physical Ergonomics & Human Factors. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 789. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94484-5_23
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