Workload

"Workload" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time.

Descriptor ID	D016526
MeSH Number(s)	I03.946.225.500 N04.452.677.650.500
Concept/Terms	Workload Workload Workloads Work Load Work Loads Employee Workload Employee Workload Employee Workloads Workload, Employee Workloads, Employee Employee Work Load Employee Work Loads Work Load, Employee Work Loads, Employee Staff Workload Staff Workload Staff Workloads Workload, Staff Workloads, Staff Staff Work Load Staff Work Loads Work Load, Staff Work Loads, Staff

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Workload".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Human Activities [I03]
Work [I03.946]
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling [I03.946.225]
Workload [I03.946.225.500]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Personnel Management [N04.452.677]
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling [N04.452.677.650]
Workload [N04.452.677.650.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Workload".

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Bar chart showing 93 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	1	1
1999	2	0	2
2000	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	3	4
2005	0	1	1
2006	2	3	5
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	4	4
2009	4	2	6
2010	3	3	6
2011	2	1	3
2012	0	2	2
2013	0	3	3
2014	2	3	5
2015	1	5	6
2016	0	1	1
2017	5	4	9
2018	2	3	5
2019	4	3	7
2020	0	8	8
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	3	3	6
2025	1	1	2

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Bartels SM, Dang HLT, Chen JS, Nong HTT, Cao VAT, Tran HV, Sripaipan T, Powell BJ, Barrington C, Reyes LM, Giang LM, Phan HTT, Miller WC, Go VF. A Mixed Methods Assessment of the Effect of Organizational Characteristics on Intervention Scale-Up Success in 42 HIV Testing Clinics in Vietnam. J Eval Clin Pract. 2025 Aug; 31(5):e70243.

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Murphy PB, Coleman JJ, Wilson DJ, Maring M, Gellings J, Biesboer E, Kamine TH, Mukherjee K, Bonne S, Boltz MM, Winfield RD, Dumas RP, Kurle J, Guzman-Curtis R, Sciarretta JD, Maqbool B, Morse BC, Cripps MW, Gondek S, Barmparas G, Lilienstein J, Nahmias J, Faucher L, Bayouth CV, Egodage T, Marie Knowlton L, Berne JD, Fasanya C, Shaddix M, Jacobson LE, Farrell MS, Fernandez LG, Manning BM, Martin RS, Kirsch JM, Rakitin I, Englehart MS, Montgomery SC, Blondeau B, Emigh B, McKenzie K, Taghavi S, Tatebe LC, Cunningham KW, de Moya MA. Understaffed and overworked: The stark reality of acute care surgeon staffing in the United States, an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Oct 01; 99(4):560-570.

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Gynning BE, Karlsson E, Teoh K, Gustavsson P, Christiansen F, Brulin E. Contextualising the job demands-resources model: a cross-sectional study of the psychosocial work environment across different healthcare professions. Hum Resour Health. 2024 11 19; 22(1):77.

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Fernemark H, Karlsson N, Skagerstr?m J, Seing I, Karlsson E, Brulin E, Nilsen P. Psychosocial work environment in Swedish primary healthcare: a cross-sectional survey of physicians' job satisfaction, turnover intention, social support, leadership climate and change fatigue. Hum Resour Health. 2024 10 23; 22(1):70.

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Kennedy-Metz LR, Conboy HM, Liu A, Dias RD, Harari RE, Gikandi A, Shapeton A, Clarke LA, Osterweil LJ, Avrunin GS, Chaspari T, Yule S, Zenati MA. A novel multimodal, intraoperative cognitive workload assessment of cardiac surgery team members. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Jul; 170(1):287-296.

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Fernemark H, H?rdstedt M, Skagerstr?m J, Seing I, Karlsson E, Nilsen P, Schildmeijer KGI. Primary healthcare in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study in Sweden. BMJ Open. 2024 07 27; 14(7):e085527.

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Helfer KS, Maldonado L, Matthews LJ, Simpson AN, Dubno JR. Extended High-Frequency Thresholds: Associations With Demographic and Risk Factors, Cognitive Ability, and Hearing Outcomes in Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Ear Hear. 2024 Nov-Dec 01; 45(6):1427-1443.

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Hughes D, Hanson MN, Alseidi A, Bittner JG, Romanelli J, Vassiliou M, Feldman LS, Asbun H. The joy of surgery: how surgeons experience joy, time, and support. Surg Endosc. 2024 07; 38(7):3494-3502.

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Siu M, Dan J, Cohen J, Carey Y, Alouidor R, Kramer K, Kamine TH. Impact of Telemedicine on Extended Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma Performance and Workload by Critical Care Transport Personnel. Air Med J. 2023 Mar-Apr; 42(2):105-109.

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Kimmelstiel C, Everett KD, Jain P, Miyashita S, Botto R, Resor C, Rowin E, Maron M, Kapur NK. Transcatheter Mitral Intervention Relieves Dynamic Outflow Obstruction and Reduces Cardiac Workload in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 04; 15(4):e009171.

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