MEASUREMENT NURSES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WORKLOAD IN MENTAL HOSPITAL AND ITS IMPLICATION

Rizani, Nataya Charoonsri (2010) MEASUREMENT NURSES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WORKLOAD IN MENTAL HOSPITAL AND ITS IMPLICATION. In: International Joint Conference APCHI-ERGOFUTURE 2010, 2-6 August 2010, Bali, Indonesia.

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Abstract

Dr. Soeharto Heerdjan is one of government mental hospital which focuses handling patient with psychological problem. Causing the high responsibility to their patients, the nurses were demanded having strong physical and mental endurance. This research was aimed to measure physical and mental workload. As result of preliminary study by interview, the nurses felt stressed and exhausted because they often handle struggling patient and facing patient with different characteristic.This condition led to uncomfort situation causing unperformed worker. Physical workload was measured by recording heart beat for each single event treatment in morning and afternoon shift. Based on measurement, physical workload was categorized as moderate. Mental workload was measured by two multi-dimentional workload scale methods which were NASA-TLX and SWAT considering unsimilar aspect measurement. Measurement was conducted for three different shift, which were morning, afternoon, ad night shift. . Based on NASA TLX method, the average mental workload for morning, afternoon and night shift consecutively were 77.19 (High), 78.81 (High), and 75.25 (High). For SWAT method, the score for all shift was categorized as medium. The hospital management gave their response for this result and asked for simply solution to reduce their nurses mental workload. After discussion, the management was agree to try simply brain gym application and showed good improvement on decreasing mental workload and a little bit reducing heart beat. This facts was strengthen by nurses testimony that they could increase their concentration and decrease frustration level. Keywords : Physical Workload, Mental Workload, NASA TLX, SWAT, Brain Gym

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/14278

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