workload evaluation (via NASA Task Load Index) of robotic- assisted and laparoscopic surgery
evaluation of individual and overall workload during robotic visceral surgeries using NASA Task Load Index and one additional question referring to difficulty level of the operation in comparison with laparoscopic procedures
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Questionnaire including NASA Task Load Index, difficulty level of operation, patient and operation factors
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Overall workload
NASA Task Load overall workload
Time frame: 5 years
surgical expertise
surgical experience counting numbers of open, laparoscopic, robotic procedures and years of surgical practice
Time frame: 5 years
NASA Task Load Index subscales
mental, physical, temporal demand, performance, effort, frustration
Time frame: 5 years
procedure's difficulty level
additional question to evaluate the variation of difficulty of the performed procedure to expected level of difficulty; 3 levels
Time frame: 5 years
patient factors
age, sex, BMI, preexisting illnesses/diseases using CCI (Charlson Comorbidity Index), previous operations, ASA
Time frame: 5 years
procedure characteristics
indication, performed operation, intraoperative complications using Clavien-Dindo classification, operation duration, blood loss
Time frame: 5 years
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