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Influence of Mental Workload on the Performance of Anesthesiologists during Induction of General Anesthesia: A Patient Simulator Study
Joint Authors
Miyashita, Tetsuya
Sato, Hitoshi
Takaki, Shunsuke
Goto, Takahisa
Kawakami, Hiromasa
Nagamine, Yusuke
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-04-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of this study was to reveal the effect of anesthesiologist’s mental workload during induction of general anesthesia.
Twenty-two participants were categorized into anesthesiology residents (RA group, n = 13 ) and board certified anesthesiologists (CA group, n = 9 ).
Subjects participated in three simulated scenarios (scenario A: baseline, scenario B: simple addition tasks, and scenario C: combination of simple addition tasks and treatment of unexpected arrhythmia).
We used simple two-digit integer additions every 5 seconds as a secondary task.
Four kinds of key actions were also evaluated in each scenario.
In scenario C, the correct answer rate was significantly higher in the CA versus the RA group (RA: 0.370 ± 0.050 versus CA: 0.736 ± 0.051, p < 0.01 , 95% CI −0.518 to −0.215) as was the score of key actions (RA: 2.7 ± 1.3 versus CA: 4.0 ± 0.00, p = 0.005 ).
In a serious clinical situation, anesthesiologists might not be able to adequately perform both the primary and secondary tasks.
This tendency is more apparent in young anesthesiologists.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sato, Hitoshi& Miyashita, Tetsuya& Kawakami, Hiromasa& Nagamine, Yusuke& Takaki, Shunsuke& Goto, Takahisa. 2016. Influence of Mental Workload on the Performance of Anesthesiologists during Induction of General Anesthesia: A Patient Simulator Study. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096816
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sato, Hitoshi…[et al.]. Influence of Mental Workload on the Performance of Anesthesiologists during Induction of General Anesthesia: A Patient Simulator Study. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sato, Hitoshi& Miyashita, Tetsuya& Kawakami, Hiromasa& Nagamine, Yusuke& Takaki, Shunsuke& Goto, Takahisa. Influence of Mental Workload on the Performance of Anesthesiologists during Induction of General Anesthesia: A Patient Simulator Study. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096816
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1096816