Evaluation of Cognitive Characteristics among Nurses of Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan in Terms of Demographic Variables
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Masomeh Ghasemi Vinche
,
Reza Jafari Nodooshan
,
Vida Sadat Anooshe
,
Mehdi Nasr Esfahani
,
Sara Jambarsang
Abstract
Cognitive failures are one of the main reasons for nurses' inattention and reduced patient safety in hospitals. This study aimed to investigate the cognitive failure characteristics in nurses of Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan. For this purpose, a cognitive failure questionnaire was provided to nurses working in this treatment unit. After analyzing the data obtained from the questionnaires, the Mann-Whitney test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used. Based on the results of the Kruskal-Wallis test, there is no significant difference in the average of cognitive failure between different age groups (=4.77, p=0.18), different wards (=3.47, p=0.62), different employment statuses (=0.16, p=0.92) and different work experiences (=0.63, p=0.72). According to the results of the U Mann-Whitney test, statistically, between male and female nurses (Z=-0.77, Sig.=0.43), single and double occupational nurses (Z=-0.59, Sig.=0.55), nurses with different education (Z=-0.38, Sig.=0.702), different working hours (Z=-0.65, Sig.=0.51), being under psychiatric treatment and not being under psychiatric treatment (Z=-0.20, Sig.=0.83), the experience of mental illness in the last 6 months and the absence of such experience (Z=-0.53, Sig.=0.59), there is no significant difference between having a chronic disease and not having a chronic disease (Z=-0.93, Sig.=0.35) in terms of the average of cognitive failure. According to the results of this study, the studied parameters do not have a significant effect on the incidence of cognitive failures and therefore do not play a role in the occurrence of disorders in thinking, concentration and attention of nurses. Therefore, the cognitive failures that occurred in Al-Zahra Hospital are related to other parameters.
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2. Kranjčev, M. and T. Vukasović Hlupić, Personality, anxiety, and cognitive failures as predictors of flow proneness. Personality and Individual Differences, 2021. 179: p. 110888.
3. Kanai, R., et al., Distractibility in daily life is reflected in the structure and function of human parietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 2011. 31(18): p. 6620-6626.
4. Wadsworth, E.J., et al., The Bristol Stress and Health Study: accidents, minor injuries and cognitive failures at work. Occup Med (Lond), 2003. 53(6): p. 392-7.
5. Wallace, J.C. and G. Chen, Development and validation of a work-specific measure of cognitive failure: Implications for occupational safety. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 2005. 78(4): p. 615-632.
6. Petitta, L., et al., Cognitive failures in response to emotional contagion: Their effects on workplace accidents. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019. 125: p. 165-173.
7. Johnson, R.C., et al., Home is where the mind is: Family interference with work and safety performance in two high risk industries. Journal of vocational behavior, 2019. 110: p. 117-130.
8. Lapierre, L.M., et al., Family interference with work and workplace cognitive failure: The mitigating role of recovery experiences. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012. 81(2): p. 227-235.
9. Elfering, A., S. Grebner, and A. Dudan, Job characteristics in nursing and cognitive failure at work. Safety and health at work, 2011. 2(2): p. 194-200.
10. Könen, T. and J. Karbach, Self-reported cognitive failures in everyday life: A closer look at their relation to personality and cognitive performance. Assessment, 2020. 27(5): p. 982-995.
11. Hsu, Y.-S., Y.-P. Chen, and M.A. Shaffer, Reducing work and home cognitive failures: the roles of workplace flextime use and perceived control. Journal of Business and Psychology, 2021. 36(1): p. 155-172.
12. Greenhaus, J.H. and T.D. Allen, Work–family balance: A review and extension of the literature, in Handbook of occupational health psychology, 2nd ed. 2011, American Psychological Association: Washington, DC, US. p. 165-183.
13. Cullen, J.C. and L.B. Hammer, Developing and testing a theoretical model linking work-family conflict to employee safety. Journal of occupational health psychology, 2007. 12(3): p. 266.
14. Oud, F.M.M., et al., Recognition of cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms in older patients with heart failure. Netherlands Heart Journal, 2021. 29(7): p. 377-382.
15. Elfering, A., S. Grebner, and C. Ebener, Workflow interruptions, cognitive failure and near-accidents in health care. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 2015. 20(2): p. 139-147.
16. Pereira, D., P. Müller, and A. Elfering, Workflow interruptions, social stressors from supervisor(s) and attention failure in surgery personnel. Ind Health, 2015. 53(5): p. 427-33.
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37. Arthur Jr, W., et al., The use of person-organization fit in employment decision making: an assessment of its criterion-related validity. Journal of applied psychology, 2006. 91(4): p. 786.
38. Jarahian Mohammady, M., et al., Impacts of occupational cognitive failure and subjective workload on patient safety incidents among intensive care units nurses. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2020. 24(2): p. 96.
39. Rezaei Farsani, M. and M. Farokhpour, Study of the Rate, Type and Factors Affecting Drug Errors from the Perspective of Nurses Working in Intensive Care and Emergency Unite of Educational Hospitals of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. Development Strategies in Medical Education, 2017. 4(2): p. 71-83.
40. Saki, K., J. Khezri_Azar, and I. Mohebbi, NURSING ERRORS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FATIGUE AMONG NURSES OF THE EMERGENCY WARD. Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 2016. 13(10): p. 835-842.
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42. Atefi, N., et al., Factors influencing job satisfaction among registered nurses: a questionnaire survey in Mashhad, Iran. Journal of nursing management, 2015. 23(4): p. 448-458.
43. Matthews, G., K. Coyle, and A. Craig, Multiple factors of cognitive failure and their relationships with stress vulnerability. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 1990. 12(1): p. 49-65.
44. Mahdinia, M., et al., An investigation of cognitive failures and its related factors in industry employees in Qom Province, Iran, in 2016. Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology, 2017. 6(3): p. 157-164.
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Ghasemi Vinche M, Jafari Nodooshan R, Anooshe VS, Nasr Esfahani M, Jambarsang S. Evaluation of Cognitive Characteristics among Nurses of Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan in Terms of Demographic Variables. Int J Occup Hyg. 2022;14(1):69-76.
