Investigating The Relationship Between Mental Workload And Professional Performance Of Nurses Working In Izeh And Bagh Malek Hospitals

Abstract

Nowadays, organizations strive for their survival, order, and maturity to achieve rapid growth, continuous improvement, and efficiency of a privileged position in their field of activity through educated human resources on a global scale. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental workload and the professional performance of nurses working in Izeh and Bagh Malek hospitals. The research method is a descriptive-analytical correlation. In this study, we used the Mohammadi Nurses' Professional Performance Questionnaire (2013) and the NASA TLX Mental Workload Questionnaire. The statistical population consists of all nurses of Izeh and Bagh Malek hospitals. The total size of the statistical population is 160 people, examined using the census of the whole population. Correlation tests and analysis of variance were used to examine the questions. The results showed that there was a significant negative correlation between mental workload and nurses' professional performance (P = 0.000, R = -0.791). There is also a significant relationship between nurses' professional performance and marital status (t = 2.303, P = 0.012). Also, education has a significant relationship with nurses' mental workload (t = 3.374, P = 0.004)

This study showed that one of the factors affecting the behavior and professional performance of people in the workplace and as a result affects the efficiency and productivity of people in the mental workload.