TABLE 4.
Effect of Factors on the Alarm Fatigue Indicators
| Work-Related and Personality Factors | Alarm Fatigue Indicators | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjective Workload Assessment Technique | Boredom | Apathy | Distrust | |
| Task priority | – | |||
| Time elapsed | + | – | – | – |
| Patient-to-staff ratio | – | – | + | + |
| Extroversion | – | + | – | |
| Conscientiousness | – | – | ||
| Neuroticism | + | – | + | |
| Agreeableness | + | + | + | + |
| Openness | – | – | ||
+ indicates directly proportional influence.
– indicates inversely proportional influence.
Empty cells represent no association.