TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical Specialty and Case Number May Influence Surgeon Workload
AU - Niichel, Madeline K.
AU - Lowndes, Bethany R.
AU - Linden, Anna R.
AU - Blocker, Renaldo C.
AU - Hallbeck, M. Susan
AU - Law, Katherine E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Studies utilizing a systems perspective show that individual work system elements impact surgeon workload. However, limited work has shown how multiple elements together can affect perceived workload in the healthcare domain. Using NASA-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX), this study aimed to compare operating room workload across two work system factors (surgical specialty and case number of the day) using a large set of self-reported surgeon workload data. Thirty-two surgeons completed 545 workload surveys across a three month period. Surgeons reported significant differences in composite workload scores across the surgical specialties (F(7,544)=3.622, p=0.001). Significant interactions were identified between surgical specialty and case number for composite workload, F(20,534)=1.72, p=0.027. While such findings are promising, future work is needed across multiple institutions to establish baseline workload values across specialties with different patient characteristics and work systems.
AB - Studies utilizing a systems perspective show that individual work system elements impact surgeon workload. However, limited work has shown how multiple elements together can affect perceived workload in the healthcare domain. Using NASA-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX), this study aimed to compare operating room workload across two work system factors (surgical specialty and case number of the day) using a large set of self-reported surgeon workload data. Thirty-two surgeons completed 545 workload surveys across a three month period. Surgeons reported significant differences in composite workload scores across the surgical specialties (F(7,544)=3.622, p=0.001). Significant interactions were identified between surgical specialty and case number for composite workload, F(20,534)=1.72, p=0.027. While such findings are promising, future work is needed across multiple institutions to establish baseline workload values across specialties with different patient characteristics and work systems.
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U2 - 10.1177/1071181319631490
DO - 10.1177/1071181319631490
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85183932590
SN - 1071-1813
VL - 63
SP - 679
EP - 682
JO - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
JF - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
IS - 1
T2 - 63rd International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2019
Y2 - 28 October 2019 through 1 November 2019
ER -