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Brief summary
workload evaluation (via NASA Task Load Index) of robotic- assisted and laparoscopic surgery
Detailed description
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
Interventions
PROCEDUREENERGY questionnaire
Questionnaire including NASA Task Load Index, difficulty level of operation, patient and operation factors
Sponsors
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* robotic and laparoscopic procedures
Exclusion criteria
* decline of participation (patients, medical stuff) * paparoscopic appendectomies, laparoscopic cholecystectomies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Overall workload | 5 years | NASA Task Load overall workload |
| surgical expertise | 5 years | surgical experience counting numbers of open, laparoscopic, robotic procedures and years of surgical practice |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NASA Task Load Index subscales | 5 years | mental, physical, temporal demand, performance, effort, frustration |
| procedure's difficulty level | 5 years | additional question to evaluate the variation of difficulty of the performed procedure to expected level of difficulty; 3 levels |
| patient factors | 5 years | age, sex, BMI, preexisting illnesses/diseases using CCI (Charlson Comorbidity Index), previous operations, ASA |
| procedure characteristics | 5 years | indication, performed operation, intraoperative complications using Clavien-Dindo classification, operation duration, blood loss |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed