Background and Objective: Nurses are people who do
important works in hospitals. Studies have shown that the strain level among
nurses has inverse relation to the quality of care provided by them. One of the
factors that can affect the nurse's behavior and performance in the workplace
is mental workload. The aim of this study was to assess the mental workload and
its affected factors among the nursing staff.
Materials
and Methods: This
descriptive study was conducted among the nursing staff of Kashan educating
hospitals during 2014. Sampling was performed by census among 480 nurses at six
Treatment center. Demographic information and mental workload data were
gathered by using demographic information questionnaire and NASA task load
index, respectively. The data were analyzed by using t-test, one way ANOVA and
Pierson correlation confession analytical tests.
Results: Effort score (78.61±18.15) and
frustration score (47.82±30.91) obtained the highest and lowest rates. Total mental
workload was estimated 69.54±15.71. There was significant relationship between
mental workload factors and age, shift working and type of contract. But, there
was no significant relationship between mental workload and work experience work
duration and working unit.
Conclusion: The mental workload among the
nursing staff is high. According to the relationship between mental workload aspects,
performing the corrective actions in order to reduce each aspects can affect on
mental workload perfectly.
Key
words: Nursing staff,
Mental workload, NASA-TLX
Funding: This research was funded by
Kashan University of Medical Sciences.
Conflict
of interest:
None declared.
Ethical
approval: The
Ethics Committee of Kashan University of Medical Sciences approved the
study.
How to cite this article: Sarsangi
V, Saberi HR, Hannani M, Honarjoo F, Salim Abadi M, Goroohi M, Kazemi H. Mental
Workload and Its Affected Factors among Nurses in Kashan Province during 2014 J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2015 14(1):
25-36. [Farsi]
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