Journal of Health Sciences Perspective

en Investigating factors affecting mental workload in Emergency department nurses in Ilam province hospitals using the NASA-TLX index Ergonomics پژوهشي Research Introduction: One of the factors affecting the behavior and performance and also on the efficiency and productivity of nurses in the workplace is mental work load. This study aimed to assess the mental work load and risk factors on emergency department nurses were employed in hospitals in Ilam. Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed on 183 nursing were employed in the emergency department in hospitals Ilam. for collecting data NASA-TLX (measuring mental load) Specialized questionnaire was used. The data collected from the NASA-TLX questionnaire software was NASA-TLX. and the final score of mental work load was determined. Data collected analyzed use to SPSS statistical software and related test was performed. Results: Spearman correlation test showed no significant relationship between the variables of subjective and mental work load. But correlation was significant between the number of Care individual patients on each shift and scores of mental work load in emergency department nurses (Pvalue<0.05). NASA's index showed that the lowest score of six scales was Temporal demand and the highest scores was mental demand. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study was to understand that the mental work load was high in nursing emergency department. Therefore, in this group use of intervention strategies to reduce mental work load seems to be necessary.   Mental work load,Nursing,Emergency department,NASA task load index (NASA-TLX) 13 20 http://jhsp.medilam.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Meghdad Kazemi kazemy.meghdad@gmail.com 1003194753284600429 0000000278306187 Yes Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran Mehrdad kazemi mehrdad.kazemi1362@gmail.com 1003194753284600430 1003194753284600430 No Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran Ahmad Mehri Ahmadmehri10@gmail.com 1003194753284600431 1003194753284600431 No Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Medical Sciences School, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Amin Rashidi rashidi.mohammadamin74@gmail.com 1003194753284600432 1003194753284600432 No