Eddieson Pasay-An, Reynita Saguban, Dolores Cabansag, Sameer Alkubati
Health literacy as mediator between perception of illness and self-medication behaviour among outpatients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: implication to primary healthcare nursing
BMC nursing
students use school bag carry school supplies may required standards ergonomic factors study aimed examine ergonomic factors schoolbags adaptation weight elementary school students crosssectional study carried 721 primary schoolchildren collecting data checklist final version approved experts designed researchers data analyzed using spss ver 22 chisquare test oneway anova univariate multivariate logistic regression models study 901 students used backpack carry items students carried backpacks weight 10 body weight 435 students waist width appropriate backpack width bottom 966 shoulder width appropriate backpack width top multivariate logistic regression showed girls compared boys likely tolerated ratio backpack weight body weight also likely proportion waist width backpack width bottom grades first second fourth used heavy backpacks students mothers employee compared housewives carried heavier backpacks likely proportion waist width backpack width bottom mothers age increased proportion waist width backpack width bottom diminished schoolbags weight many students standard weight schoolbags required standards educational interventions increase knowledge students parents ideal weight schoolbag criteria choosing proper school bag