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Table 1 Wording of the NASA-TLX questionnaire

From: Workload and influencing factors in non-emergency medical transfers: a multiple linear regression analysis of a cross-sectional questionnaire study

TLX-dimension

Wording (scale)

Mental Demand

How much mental and perceptual activity was required? Was the task easy or demanding, simple or complex? Was high precision required or was the task fault-tolerant?

(1 = low, 100 = high)

Physical Demand

How much physical activity was required? Was the task easy or demanding, slack or strenuous?

(1 = low, 100 = high)

Temporal Demand

How much time pressure did you feel due to the pace at which the tasks or task elements occurred? Was the pace slow or rapid?

(1 = low, 100 = high)

Overall Performance

How successful were you in reaching your goals or the goals set by your team leader? How satisfied were you with your performance?

(1 = good, 100 = bad)

Effort

How hard did you have to work to accomplish your level of performance?

(1 = low, 100 = high)

Frustration

How irritated, stressed, and annoyed versus content, relaxed, and complacent did you feel during the task?

(1 = low, 100 = high)

  1. This table represents the NASA TLX questionnaire that was used to measure workload in our study. For each question, a slide bar allowed the participant to rate his subjective perception of workload from 1 to 100