Simply Ergonomics Intervention For Reducing Nurses Mental Workload

Rizani, Nataya Charoonsri (2011) Simply Ergonomics Intervention For Reducing Nurses Mental Workload. In: THE 12th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QiR (QUALITY IN RESEARCH, 4-7 July 2011, Bali.

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Abstract

Preliminary study conducted in three hospitals in Jakarta illustrating that the nurses as part of medical services had experienced work related stress condition.The triggers to the stress were responsibility to medical patient’s life, shiftwork condition, patient’s characteristic, pressure from head section, pressure from medical patient’s family, teamwork, work environment etc. These conditions led the nurses into high mental workload which can reduce their performance. The next step of study was mental workload measurement using NASA-TLX with six descriptor (physical necessity, mentally necessity, time necessity, performance, effort and frustration level ). The result from three different hospital showed that all the observed nurses from all shift (morning, noon and evening) had high mental workload indicated by score up 70 (scale 10-100). This finding led to find suitable ergonomics intervention to solve this condition. Participatory ergonomics approach was applied to get best solution from stakeholder perception. Each hospital has chosen the different tools to reduce mental workload. The consideration was based on existing condition of company, cost, time consume, simplicity to apply and interest. The choice were simply yoga practice, brain gym and laugh therapy and changing shifwork. Although each hospital with their own choice, the result of implementation showed that there was significant decreasing of mental workload score. Mental workload, NASA-TLX, simply ergonomics intervention, participatory ergonomics

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Depositing User: Ms NATAYA CHAROONSRI RIZANI ISTN
Date Deposited: 07 Jan 2026 02:38
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2026 02:38
URI: http://repository.istn.ac.id/id/eprint/14276

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