TY - JOUR T1 - Subjective fatigue and medical errors among nurses in an educational hospital TT - بررسی ارتباط بین احساس خستگی و وقوع خطای پزشکی در پرستاران یک بیمارستان آموزشی JF - IOH JO - IOH VL - 10 IS - 4 UR - http://ioh.iums.ac.ir/article-1-805-en.html Y1 - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 8 KW - Fatigue KW - Medical error KW - MFI questionnaire KW - Nurses N2 - Background and aims:  The importance of investigating fatigue is related to its' adverse consequences. In the health and medical services, increased rate of errors and accidents is usually observed as increased medical errors and decreased patient care, and patient safety. Methods:  This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on a group of hospital nurses volunteered to participate. The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory questionnaire (MFI-20) was applied. Indeed, an author made questionnaire was used in order to collect required information about personal, occupational and medical error. Results:  Fatigue decreased respectively from General, Physical and Mental fatigue to reduced activity and motivation. Younger nurses reported lower level of general and mental fatigue compared to the older ones (p M3 ER -