Home health care nurse routing and scheduling problem considering ergonomic risk factors.

ABSTRACT: Home health care routing and scheduling is a complex problem that requires many aspects to be considered simultaneously. One of the important aspects is ergonomics. Home health care nurses are at higher risk of work-related health problems such as musculoskeletal disorders and burnout since they are frequently exposed to physical, mental, and environmental ergonomic risks in their jobs. Therefore, it is essential to integrate ergonomic considerations into the construction of daily schedules for home health care nurses to mitigate these health risks. The purpose of this study is to present a mathematical model that incorporate ergonomic risks. We introduce a set of constraints into our model to prevent nurses from encountering excessive workloads. To assess the workload, we propose a subjec

SUBMITTER: Durak Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787268 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature