مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Evaluation of Mental Workload in Nurses

Abstract :

Objective: The objective of this current research is to evaluate mental workloads of nurses working in GATF Training Hospital and to determine whether nurses’ mental workload differed depending on their sociocultural backgrounds or not. Method: In this study, “Stratified Sampling” was used to evaluate 171 nurses’ mental workload. The “National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) Scale” developed by Hart and Staveland to collect data. Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient was calculated as 0.78. Findings: In the conclusion the study, nurses’ mental workload average was found to be 69.40±18.2. The highest level mental workload factor in nurses was “pressure of short deadlines”. Nurses’ mental workload consisted of 66.44% patient-care services and 33.56% managerial and administrative activities. While nurses’ workload differed depending variables of age, marital status, number of children, department where they work, total amount of time spent on service, working hours in GATF Education Hospital, the number of duties, status and shifts (p 0.05), their mental workload did not differ (significantly) depending on the variables of education level, general satisfaction from their jobs and the average number of patients per nurse per day (p 0.05). Conclusion: It has been found significant that administrators and decision-makers should consider nurses’ socio-cultural traits during the distribution of duties.