Quantitative assessment of workload and stressors in clinical radiation oncology

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Mazur, Lukasz M ^a,b   Mosaly, Prithima R ^b   Jackson, Marianne ^a   Chang, Sha X ^a   Burkhardt, Katharin Deschesne ^a   Adams, Robert D ^a   Jones, Ellen L ^a   Hoyle, Lesley ^a   Xu, Jing ^b   Rockwell, John ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidents; NASA TLX; Radiation therapy; Stressors; Workload

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INCIDENTS; NASA-TLX; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; P-VALUES; PEARSON CORRELATION; PHYSICAL DEMAND; PHYSICAL LAYOUT; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; STRESSORS; TECHNICAL FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CORRELATION METHODS; NASA; ONCOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL FUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONCOLOGY; PEARSON SYNDROME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; WORKLOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NORTH CAROLINA; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84863612315     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.063     Document Type: Article

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