Assessment of subjective workload in an Anaesthesia simulator environment: Reliability and validity

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 502-505

  Schulz, Christian M ^a   Skrzypczak, Matthias ^a   Schneider, Erich ^b   Hapfelmeier, Alexander ^a   Jan, Martin ^a   Kochs, Eberhard F ^a   Schneider, Gerhard ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiology; Borg's Rating of Perceived Exertion scale; Human patient simulator; Patient safety; Reliability; Validity; Workload

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BORG'S RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTION SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WORKLOAD;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80052757486     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328344836e     Document Type: Article

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