Using Task-Evoked Pupillary Response to Predict Clinical Performance during a Simulation Training.

ABSTRACT: Training in healthcare skills can be affected by trainees' workload when completing a task. Due to cognitive processing demands being negatively correlated to clinical performance, assessing mental workload through objective measures is crucial. This study aimed to investigate task-evoked changes in pupil size as reliable markers of mental workload and clinical performance. A sample of 49 nursing students participated in a cardiac arrest simulation-based practice. Measurements of cognitive demands (NASA-Task Load Index), physiological parameters (blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and heart rate), and pupil responses (minimum, maximum, and difference diameters) throughout revealed statistically significant differences according to performance scores. The analysis of a multiple regression m

SUBMITTER: Mauriz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9956315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature