In the case of capitation based payment, workload is not directly linked to income since the fees per patient are fixed.
Our findings and those of others (Willis-Shattuck et al. 2008; Hermann et al. 2009; Wringe et al. 2010; Campbell and Scott 2011) support remuneration of CHWs, especially when they have multiple tasks or tasks that require a long service delivery time or time spent on the job per week and when remuneration is clearly linked to workload.
Although EEG signals were acquired from a 14-channel device, only eight channels i.e., F3, F4, AF3, AF4, F7, F8, FC5, and FC6 were utilized to assess the effect of SKY on workload more accurately as these locations were directly linked to the workload variance [24, 25, 26].
The pupillary diameter variation is linked to mental workload and is used to assess cognitive skills [29, 30].
It is no surprise then, that a large proportion of modern maritime accidents is attributed to human error, which in turn has been directly linked to mental workload (Hetherington et al., 2006).
Community health workers with low job satisfaction have been linked to heavy workload, mostly due to lacking enough resting time and long working hours [ 28, 29].
See related Commentary: A number of studies have suggested that the overall quality of care, outcome, and patient and family satisfaction in intensive care units (ICUs) may be linked to the workload and staffing levels [ 1- 4].
Maternal depletion syndrome, a major predictor of maternal and child health, has been linked to heavy workloads [ 22].
Nurse staffing levels, workload, and education levels having been linked to various patient safety outcomes [ 8- 10].
Rural rates of physician turnover, often linked to isolation and high workload, can be as much as 40-10040-100%r than in urban areas [ 13- 15].
