@inproceedings{76b8534cb55c4fe4b7b9fa354d8820e4,
title = "Distraction affects the robot-assisted surgical performance depending on task difficulty",
abstract = "This study investigated the impact of distractions on robotic surgical performance with different task difficulties. We hypothesized that distractions would negatively affect robot-assisted surgical performance in comparison to no distraction. In addition, the performance on distractions would be affected by the level of task difficulty. Sixteen subjects performed three inanimate surgical tasks: Bimanual Carrying (BC), Needle Passing (NP), and Suture Tying (ST) with three distraction groups (passive, active, combined distraction), and a control group with no distraction. Dependent variables were objective measurements (time, distance, speed, and smoothness). A two-way ANOVA was applied to examine the effect of distractions and tasks. Distractive environment significantly decreased performance (time to task completion (p ≤?0.005) and distance traveled (p ≤?0.005)), and the effect of distraction was significant on difficult tasks (NP and ST).",
keywords = "Active distraction, Passive distraction, Robot-assisted surgery, Task difficulty",
author = "Park, {Shi Hyun} and Chien, {Jung Hung} and Dmitry Oleynikov and Irene Suh and Siu, {Joseph Ka-Chun}",
year = "2011",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780415586085",
series = "Ergonomics for All: Celebrating PPCOE's 20 Years of Excellence - Selected Papers of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010",
pages = "615--619",
booktitle = "Ergonomics for All",
note = "9th Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics, PPCOE 2010 ; Conference date: 07-11-2010 Through 10-11-2010",
}