Examining Mental Workload Relating to Digital Health Technologies in Health Care: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The workload in health care is increasing and hence, mental health issues are on the rise among health care professionals (HCPs). The digitization of patient care could be related to the increase in stress levels. It remains unclear whether the health information system or systems and digital health technologies (DHTs) being used in health care relieve the professionals or whether they represent a further burden. The mental construct that best describes this burden of technologies is mental workload (MWL). The measurement methods of MWL are particularly relevant in this sensitive setting.

Objective

This review aimed to address 2 different but related objectives: identifying the factors that contribute to the MWL of HCPs when using DHT and examining and exploring t

SUBMITTER: Kremer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652730 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature