Evaluation of the nurses’ mental workload
Authors:
L. Dimunová; J. Raková; M. Zamboriová
Authors place of work:
Lekárska fakulta Univerzity P. J. Šafárika v Košiciach, Ústav ošetrovateľstva, Košice, Slovenská republika, vedúca pracoviska doc. PhDr. Lucia Dimunová, PhD.
Published in the journal:
Pracov. Lék., 71, 2019, No. 1-2, s. 25-28.
Category:
Original Papers
Summary
Introduction: The investigation evaluated factors of mental workload for nurses and the role of experience duration there. The authors also followed subjective evaluation of the nurses in relation to the mental workload.
The group and methods: The group involved 279 nurses working at the workplaces of psychiatry in Slovakia. The evaluation of mental workload employed the Meister’s questionnaire. The data were processed by the statistical program SPSS 21.0 ad interpreted by methods of descriptive and inductive statistics.
Results: the nurses were exposed to 2nd degree of mental workload. The critical median values were identified as exceeded in the following items: time pressure, high responsibility, fatigue and long-term tolerability. In comparison with the population standard the critical values were exceeded in factor Overload I. Statistically significant relation between the duration of practice and mental workload of the nurses was not confirmed.
Conclusion: Increased mental workload may negatively influence health and working performance of the nurses. It is necessary to specify effective preventive recommendations for the employees and employers, which would be directed to minimization of occupational diseases incidence and improvement of working conditions.
Keywords:
Nurses – mental workload – Meister’s questionnaire
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Štítky
Hygiene and epidemiology Hyperbaric medicine Occupational medicineČlánok vyšiel v časopise
Occupational Medicine
2019 Číslo 1-2
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