Measurement mental and physical workload in final-year thesis students in the faculty of engineering at Universitas Muhammadiyah Cirebon

Abstract

Students who are writing a thesis often experience difficulties. The difficulties faced are diverse, ranging from a lack of understanding of the phenomenon being studied, a lack of mastering the theory, limited references, and so on. This will cause a mental burden that impacts student fatigue which causes a decrease in efficiency, endurance, and work capacity. The research was conducted at the Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Muhammadiyah University of Cirebon. This study uses the NASA-TLX and CVL methods which aim to measure the physical and mental workload of the final project students at the Industrial Engineering Study Program and make proposals for improvement and comparison of the results of physical and psychological workload scores. The results showed that the NASA-TLX score load on mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, effort, and frustration level was 79.37, 59.61, 65.5, and 64.5. CVL score load obtained physical workload value 6 students have CVL value of 30% - 60% which falls into the category of needed improvement. There are 14 students with a CVL value of 30% falls into the category of no fatigue. After being given recommendations for proposed improvements, the results of CVL 6 students have decreased CVL results. Based on the results of the two methods, CVL is more dominant than the results of the NASA-TLX method. Proposed improvements given to reduce mental and physical workload are a closed workspace layout, providing music, and conducting ESQ training.