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Alignment with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has involved changes in teaching methodology and in the learning process, which have led to a change in student workload. The main aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the perception of the workload of undergraduate and graduate psychology students and to analyse the nature of the changes produced by this adaptation. The sample comprised 845 students (497 readings for the licentiate's degree and 348 for the bachelor's degree). To measure perceived workload, the NASA-TLX scale was used. This evaluates the following dimensions: mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, and frustration/dissatisfaction; these variables were evaluated for the following academic activities: attending theoretical classes, attending practical classes, conducting group work outside the classroom, searching for material and bibliography, studying and personal work, attending tutorials, and other activities (seminars, conferences, etc.). The results show a significant increase in the perceived load of attendance in practical classes, in the performance of group work outside the classroom and in total perceived workload for bachelor's degree students. It is concluded that adjusting to the EHEA has involved an increase in perceived workload for students. This points to a need to work in the classroom on developing interpersonal skills and planning and organization of teamwork, as well as greater coordination between teachers in the evaluation systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mental workload is one of the main psychosocial risk factors at work and causes major problems in the performance and health of workers. The aim of this study is to analyze the sources of mental workload reported by a sample of nurses from Madrid (Spain). After an analysis of the tasks were derived four broad job functions: assistance, administrative, support to other personnel and tasks specifically related to medical specialty. The sample consisted of 297 workers in public hospitals in Madrid and mental workload was estimated for each general function using the NASA-TLX scale. The results show that workers report more mental workload on the assistance and administrative functions, and point out as the most important workload sources the mental demand and the temporal demand. Finally, some conclusions and recommendations for a possible intervention are mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of NASA-Task Load Index using several groups of Spanish workers. The sample consisted of 398 workers who belonged to seven different jobs. All workers assessed the perceived mental workload when perform their jobs, due to each of the six dimensions of mental workload that distinguishes the NASA-TLX: effort, mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance and frustration. The results showed that NASA-Task Load Index had a acceptable internal consistency and a factorial structure formed by two components. The first of the two components was formed by all of the NASA-TLX dimensions except frustration. The second was formed only by frustration dimension. Significant differences in the profiles of mental workload experienced by workers on the basis of their jobs were found for all NASA-TLX dimensions except in performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mental workload is one of the most important psychosocial risk factors. It is defined in terms of the difference between the worker's resources and job demands. Overload and underload conditions cause problems in workers' performance and health. In this paper, the appraisal of workload is compared among two groups of workers (those who had versus those who had not suffered at least one medical problem during the previous year). The NASA-TLX instrument was administered to a sample of 509 workers in order to assess mental workload. Results show that, in general, workers who have been on sick leave perceive higher levels of mental workload, especially in terms of effort, mental demand and frustration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]