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NCT Number: NCT06200792

Stress and Anxiety Affect Residents' Performance

Being an anesthesiologist implies huge dedication and both physical and psychological efforts. None has ever studied the impact of a working day on anxiety, perceived stress levels, physiological data, and executive functions.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Mental Disorders Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Stress Disorder Stress Disorders, Traumatic Stress, Psychological Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders Work Related Stress

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Clinica Odontoiatrica

Padova, 35126, Italy

About this study

During a working day, trainees will have their physiological and psychological data recorded before starting their clinical activity and after them. Electrodermal activity with the eSense device, Executive functions through the TOL-R and all the questionnaires and scales will be sampled at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day the same procedure will be applied again (exclusion for PSS-10 scale, STAY-Y trait anxiety and GAD-7) eSense and TOL-R, are useful tools to understand sympathetic activity and executive functions. The galvanometer it is the gold standard to measure EDA; i.e. electrodermal activity, which is a pure sympathetic index, while Tower of London it is the gold standard to assess planning, monitoring and programming skills, both data are supposed to be heavily involved in an anesthesiologist trainee during the all day.

The aims of the study are to evaluate executive functions at the start and at the end of a working day and to understand theirs relationship with anxiety, perceived stress levels and physiological changes in sympathetic activity.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Being an anesthesiologist residents
  • Written informed consent obtained

Exclusion criteria

  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Neurological disorders
  • Suffering from high blood pressure

Treatment and study plan

eSense device

Device

eSense device for monitoring electrodermal activity. Visual analogic scale (VAS) for pain and discomfort; TOL-R tests for investigating working performances.

Other names: Questionnaires and scales for evaluating esecutive function.

Primary outcomes

  1. Differences in executive functions overtime

    Time frame: baseline and immediately after intervention

    Evaluating executive functions at the start and at the end of a working day using the Tower of London test (TOL-R) (scoring 0 (worst score)-30 (better score))

Secondary outcomes

  1. Differences in dermal activity during working day

    Time frame: baseline and immediately after intervention

    Evaluating potential differences in electrodermal activity overtime using microsiemens, counting number of stress response

  2. Assess the general level of anxiety

    Time frame: baseline and immediately after intervention

    Measuring levels of anxiety using the generalized anxiety disorder-7 item (GAD-7) (minimum 0, maximum score 21)

  3. General level of anxiety

    Time frame: baseline and immediately after intervention

    Measuring the general levels of anxiety with the Stait-trait anxiety inventory (STAI-Y1-2) (1 point=not at all/almost never anxiety; 2=somewhat/sometimes; 3=moderately so/often) and 4= very much so/almost always)

  4. Evaluating the general levels of perceived stress levels

    Time frame: baseline and immediately after intervention

    Evaluation of the general levels of perceived stress levels using the perceived stress score (PSS)-10 scale (0 (minimum level of anxiety)-10 (maximum level of anxiety))

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Padova

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Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Stress in Residents' Performance

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jan 11, 2024
Registry last updated
Dec 31, 2024

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