Evaluation of the mental burden and fatigue in teachers by teleworking caused by covid-19
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Introduction: A mental load study was carried out on 103 teachers from different universities in central Ecuador using the NASA-Task Load Index (LTX) method, in the study the mental, physical, time, effort, performance and the frustration level were quantified to different age groups, to detect the psychosocial risk factor and incidence in normal fatigue and chronic fatigue. Methods: A sample of 103 university teachers divided into 9 age segments and from different educational institutions in the central area of Ecuador that carry out teaching-learning activities in telework mode was used. First, a survey was applied according to the NASA-Task Load Index (LTX) method, to quantify the 6 factors or dimensions considered by the method. Then a health questionnaire related to simple and chronic mental load was applied. This research was carried out in two phases, the first for weighting and the second for scoring. Results: The application of the NASA LTX method managed to detect that the greatest affectation by mental load is in the age group of: 55 59 years with a score of 1250, then those from 40 to 44 years with a value of 1020 and those from 50 to 54 years with a value of 1010, then follow the other groups with values less than 100. The mental fatigue value determines values of 100% of affectation to the group of 35 to 39 years of age and 50 to 54 years an 87.5% of affectation to the group of 40 to 44 years of age, the other groups present values less than 75 % of affectation by discomfort of mental fatigue. All groups present simple and chronic fatigue complaints. Conclution: The results identify as the group most affected by load and mental fatigue, teachers who are over 39 years of age due to telework activities. On the other hand, the affectation of simple and chronic mental fatigue is proportional and significantly affects all groups
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