Noise exposure and mental workload: Evaluating the role of multiple noise exposure metrics among surface miners in the US Midwest

Shkembi, Abas; Smith, Lauren; Levy, Deborah A.; Neitzel, Richard L.

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103772

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“…Even though the NASA TLX index was designed specifically for aviation occupations, it has proved its use in different industries [ 67 , 68 ]. In health care, it was shown to be effective in measuring doctors’ workload in various critical environments to explore the impact of technology use on their activities [ 69 ].…”

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Perceived Patient Workload and Its Impact on Outcomes During New Cancer Patient Visits: Analysis of a Convenience Sample

Elkefi,

Asan

2023

JMIR Hum Factors

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Background Studies exploring the workload in health care focus on the doctors’ perspectives. The ecology of the health care environment is critical and different for doctors and patients. Objective In this study, we explore the patient workload among newly diagnosed patients with cancer during their first visit and its impact on the patient’s perceptions of the quality of care (their trust in their doctors, their satisfaction with the care visits, their perception of technology use). Methods We collected data from the Hackensack Meridian Health, John Theurer Cancer Center between February 2021 and May 2022. The technology use considered during the visit is related to doctors’ use of electronic health records. A total of 135 participants were included in the study. Most participants were 50-64 years old (n=91, 67.41%). A majority (n=81, 60%) of them were White, and only (n=16, 11.85%) went to graduate schools. Results The findings captured the significant effect of overall workload on trust in doctors and perception of health IT use within the visits. On the other hand, the overall workload did not impact patients’ satisfaction during the visit. A total of 80% (n=108) of patients experienced an overall high level of workload. Despite almost 55% (n=75) of them experiencing a high mental load, 71.1% (n=96) reported low levels of effort, 89% (n=120) experienced low time pressure, 85.2% (n=115) experienced low frustration levels, and 69.6% (n=94) experienced low physical activity. The more overall workload patients felt, the less they trusted their doctors (odds ratio [OR] 0.059, 95% CI 0.001-2.34; P=.007). Low trust was also associated with the demanding mental tasks in the visits (OR 0.055, 95% CI 0.002-2.64; P<.001), the physical load (OR 0.194, 95% CI 0.004-4.23; P<.001), the time load (OR 0.183, 95% CI 0.02-2.35; P=.046) the effort needed to cope with the environment (OR 0.163, 95% CI 0.05-1.69; P<.001), and the frustration levels (OR 0.323, 95% CI 0.04-2.55; P=.03). The patients’ perceptions of electronic health record use during the visit were negatively impacted by the overall workload experienced by the patients (OR 0.315, 95% CI 0.08-6.35; P=.01) and the high frustration level experienced (OR 0.111, 95% CI 0.015-3.75; P<.001). Conclusions The study’s findings established pathways for future research and have implications for cancer patients’ workload. Better technology design and use can minimize perceived workload, which might contribute to the trust relationship between doctors and patients in this critical environment. Future human factors work needs to explore the workload and driving factors in longitudinal studies and assess whether these workloads might contribute to unintended patient outcomes and medical errors.

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Perceived Patient Workload and Its Impact on Outcomes During New Cancer Patient Visits: Analysis of a Convenience Sample

Elkefi,

Asan

2023

JMIR Hum Factors

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“…We extended the concept of BKMR modeling, previously used to assess exposures to groups of chemicals/physical hazards [ [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , 16 ], to investigate how a “mixture” of factors (effort, reward, and overcommitment) are related to poorer mental health, denoted as h(·) , while adjusting for confounders,. We also investigated any potential non-linear, interactive effects these factors have on mental health.…”

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“…Traditionally, BKMR modeling has been utilized in environmental and occupational epidemiology studies to disentangle the complex effects of a group of related exposures (e.g., PFAS, phthalates, air pollution, noise exposure) on health outcomes [ [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] ]. This study extends the application of BKMR modeling beyond chemical and physical exposures to psychosocial exposures among a sample of formal, US solid waste workers to test our five hypotheses.…”

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Associations between Poorer Mental Health with Work-Related Effort, Reward, and Overcommitment among a Sample of Formal US Solid Waste Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Shkembi

Levy

Neitzel

2023

Safety and Health at Work

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Risk perception or hazard perception? Examining misperceptions of miners’ personal exposures to noise

Shkembi,

Smith,

Neitzel

2023

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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Noise exposure and mental workload: Evaluating the role of multiple noise exposure metrics among surface miners in the US Midwest

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Perceived Patient Workload and Its Impact on Outcomes During New Cancer Patient Visits: Analysis of a Convenience Sample

Perceived Patient Workload and Its Impact on Outcomes During New Cancer Patient Visits: Analysis of a Convenience Sample

Associations between Poorer Mental Health with Work-Related Effort, Reward, and Overcommitment among a Sample of Formal US Solid Waste Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Risk perception or hazard perception? Examining misperceptions of miners’ personal exposures to noise

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