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Comfort assessment of school desks and chairs ergonomics among students with different body types
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Keyang ZHENG1, Chunyan LUO1, Shuangxiao QU1, Zhonghui LIU2, Yan WANG3, Wenjuan QI1, Shenglei HUANG1, Dongling YANG*, 1, Fengyun ZHANG*, 1
Chinese Journal of School Health | 2025, 46(3) : 325 - 329
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Chinese Journal of School Health | 2025, 46(3): 325-329
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Comfort assessment of school desks and chairs ergonomics among students with different body types
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Keyang ZHENG1, Chunyan LUO1, Shuangxiao QU1, Zhonghui LIU2, Yan WANG3, Wenjuan QI1, Shenglei HUANG1, Dongling YANG*, 1, Fengyun ZHANG*, 1
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  • 1Division of Child and Adolescent Health, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai (200336), China
Published: 2025-03-25 doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025077
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Objective

To investigate the differences in the comfort of desks and chairs furniture among students with different body types according to the standard, so as to provide a reference for guiding students with overweight and obesity to choose the correct study furniture and revising the standards.

Methods

From January to April 2024, 2 443 students from 26 schools in 13 districts (counties/cities) in Shanghai, Tianjin, and Jiangsu Province were selected by the cluster random sampling method to conduct physical examination. The subjective and objective evaluations of the comfort of height-matched desks and chairs were investigated. The students were divided into non-overweight, overweight, and obesity groups according to relevant criteria, and stratified analysis was performed. The χ2 test was used to analyze differences in the comfort evaluations of desks and chairs among students with different body types.

Results

Among the 2 443 students surveyed, 16.7% and 12.6% were respectively classified as overweight and obese. All students assigned the highest comfort ratings to large desks and small chairs (84.1%), and consistency was observed between students' subjective and objective evaluations. The reporting rate of samll desks and chairs of obesity students' subjective evaluation was lower (36.8%) than that of overweight and non-overweight/obesity students (52.1%, 48.0%) (χ2=14.63, P < 0.01). The overweight and obese group of primary school students had a worse evaluation of the comfort of large desks and chairs and small desks and chairs than those of the non-overweight and obese groups(χ2=15.78, 7.63, P < 0.05). Among high school students, the overweight and obese group had worse evaluation of the comfort of large desks and chairs, as well as large desks and small chairs, than those of the non-overweight and obese groups(χ2=9.62, 11.77, P < 0.05). The objective evaluations revealed low compliance ratings on the posture of the thighs and calves for naturally forming an angle greater than 90° (55.6%), and headroom height under the table (50.3%) with small desks and chairs (χ2=94.05, 166.47, P < 0.05).

Conclusions

Compared with non-overweight/obese students, students with overweight and obese students report poor comfort evaluations of height-matched desks and chairs. Revision of the standard should consider the body types of students, and evaluations of the comfort of desks and chairs furniture by students with overweight and obesity should be improved.

Overweight  /  Obesity  /  Desk and chair  /  Comfortable  /  Students
郑柯炀, 罗春燕, 曲爽笑, 刘忠慧, 王艳, 齐文娟, 黄生垒, 杨东玲, 张凤云. 不同体型学生学校课桌椅舒适度研究. 中国学校卫生, 2025 , 46 (3) : 325 -329 . DOI: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025077
Keyang ZHENG, Chunyan LUO, Shuangxiao QU, Zhonghui LIU, Yan WANG, Wenjuan QI, Shenglei HUANG, Dongling YANG, Fengyun ZHANG. Comfort assessment of school desks and chairs ergonomics among students with different body types[J]. Chinese Journal of School Health, 2025 , 46 (3) : 325 -329 . DOI: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025077
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doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025077
  • Receive Date:2025-01-10
  • Online Date:2026-11-06
  • Published:2025-03-25
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  • Received:2025-01-10
  • Revised:2025-02-12
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    1Division of Child and Adolescent Health, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai (200336), China
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