assessment of mental workload in nursing by using nasa- tlx    malekpour f [1] , mohammadian y [2] *, malekpour ar [3] , mohammadpour y [4] , sheikh ahmadi a [5] , shakarami a [6]     received: 8 oct , 2013 accepted: 24 dec , 2013  abstract   background & aims : 80 percent of works in healthcare system conducted by nurses. nursing is one of the high workload occupations. assessments of work loa...

abstract background: mental workload is a general concept in the literature of ergonomics and human factors that are affected by external working demands, environmental, psychological and organizational factors, organizational and mental abilities. the aim of this study was to assess the mental workload and its impact on musculoskeletal disorders among nurses employed at different parts of the ...

abstract background: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are a serious problem among the nursing staff. mental workload is the major cause of msds among nursing staff. the aim of this study was to investigate the mental workload dimensions and their association with msds among nurses of alzahra hospital, affi liated to isfahan university of medical sciences. materials and methods: this descriptive...

background: the present study aimed to investigate the effects of work shifts and mental workload on chronic fatigue among female nurses in intensive care units of selected hospitals in shiraz.   methods: the participants in this cross-sectional study were 118 female nurses working in intensive care units of three hospitals in shiraz with an average age of 304.8± years. sp (samn-perelli) mental...

Many people suffer from high mental workload which may threaten human health and cause serious accidents. Mental workload estimation is especially important for particular people such as pilots, soldiers, crew and surgeons to guarantee the safety and security. Different physiological signals have been used to estimate mental workload based on the n-back task which is capable of inducing differe...