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Table 4 Correlations of nurses’ mental workload, performance, and potential influencing variables (n = 145)

From: Workflow interruption and nurses’ mental workload in electronic health record tasks: An observational study

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

Mental workload

1

           

2

Task performance

0.386**

1

          

3

Professional title

0.089

-0.208*

1

         

4

Task time

0.243**

0.306**

-0.113

1

        

5

No. of task switching

0.148

0.180*

-0.186*

0.687**

1

       

6

No. of multitasking

0.086

0.181*

-0.013

0.419**

0.602**

1

      

7

Task difficulty

0.339**

-0.030

0.291**

-0.022

-0.044

0.052

1

     

8

System usability

-0.278**

-0.069

-0.105

-0.004

-0.042

-0.034

-0.397**

1

    

9

Professional competency

-0.050

-0.151

0.294**

-0.054

-0.017

-0.049

0.168*

0.214**

1

   

10

Self-efficacy

-0.127

-0.046

0.199*

-0.096

-0.004

0.017

0.084

0.214**

0.669**

1

  

11

Positive affect

-0.046

-0.082

0.076

-0.039

0.162

0.080

0.146

-0.004

0.219**

0.228**

1

 

12

Negative affect

0.458**

0.297**

-0.100

0.136

0.074

0.024

0.120

-0.081

-0.065

-0.159

0.131

1

  1. Note: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01 (two-tailed test)