Students at Master of Clinical Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Appl Ergon. 2021 Oct;96:103479. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103479. Epub 2021 Jun 11.
The aim of this study was to explore the ergonomic challenges, the needs and reservations related to robot-assisted ultrasound for obstetric sonographers and thereby to provide information for the design of robotic solutions. A mixed-method design was used, where data from the obstetric sonographers and their immediate managers from 18 out of a Danish total of 20 obstetric departments was collected. The data was collected through a survey and interviews. 98.1% of the obstetric sonographers experienced ache, pain or discomfort related to scans. The most frequent cause for the sonographers' ergonomic challenges were the patients' physique (93,52%) and the need to obtain good image quality (83,33%). These reasons are non-controllable parameters for the obstetric sonographers and requires a solution, which ergonomically supports the sonographers in these situations. All of the interviewed obstetric sonographers (n = 8) and immediate managers (n = 3) claimed they were interested in testing a solution based on robot-assisted ultrasound.
本研究旨在探讨产科超声医师在使用机器人辅助超声时所面临的人机工程学挑战、需求和保留意见，从而为机器人解决方案的设计提供信息。采用混合方法设计，从丹麦总共 20 个产科部门中的 18 个部门收集了产科超声医师及其直接经理的数据。数据通过调查和访谈收集。98.1%的产科超声医师在扫描时感到疼痛或不适。导致超声医师出现人机工程学挑战的最常见原因是患者的体型（93.52%）和获得良好图像质量的需求（83.33%）。这些原因是产科超声医师无法控制的参数，需要一个解决方案，从人机工程学的角度为超声医师在这些情况下提供支持。所有接受采访的产科超声医师（n=8）和直接经理（n=3）都表示他们有兴趣测试基于机器人辅助超声的解决方案。
