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NCT Number: NCT03725488

The Impact of Background Music in Reducing Stress in Preclinical Dental Labs

This study was designed to evaluate students' level of stress and impact of background music on their efficiency of work, performance and learning ability during pre-clinical lab.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress-related Problem

Age range

18 year–23 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

The reported high level of stress among dental students and its consequences, considering the known benefits of background music. This study was designed to evaluate students' level of stress and impact of background music on their efficiency of work, performance and learning ability during pre-clinical lab.

METHODOLOGY: In this cross-sectional questionnaire study, 61 preclinical students from the college of dentistry, Ajman university-Fujairah campus who met the defined inclusion criteria participated.

After a semester of the normal lab without BM (Background Music), various genres of BM were introduced in the lab. Psychological stress assessment was done using P.S.S (Perceived Stress Scale).Students were asked to fill up a written feedback questionnaire at the end of six weeks of BM. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used in order to study the statistical relationships among groups.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Students were not taking any
  • medication for anxiety
  • did not suffer from depression
  • did not have any systemic illness;
  • and they had no aversion towards music.

Exclusion criteria

  • Students who were taking
  • medication for anxiety
  • had depression
  • had systemic illness
  • they had aversion towards music

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire

Other

students were involved in the pre-clinical prosthodontic lab. Participation in these labs were mandatory and it involved crown and bridge preparations on typodont models. There were 2 sessions of these labs per week, one for each gender. Each session lasted for 3 hours.

The study was conducted in 2 phases. At the beginning of the first phase of the study, the labs were conducted without any BM for 4 weeks. PSS(perceived stress scale), a standardized and validated, self-reporting international test was used for measuring the level of psychological stress were administered to all participants.

Primary outcomes

  1. coping mechanisms practiced by pre-clinical dental students to cope up stress.

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 months

    How students cope with the stress they experience by answering a questionnaire

  2. PSS ((perceived stress scale) internationally used psychological scale for measuring the level of stress, it measures how stressful are the situations in one's life.)

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 months

    It consist of ten questions, each question has five answers arranged from zero to four. Each number has a point which reveals the level of stress for each question. Points were calculated according to the calculation system of the scale.

  3. PSS scale range from 0-4,with 0-no stress,1-mild stress,3-moderate stress and 4-severe stress

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 months

    The students were graded on their response to the questionnaire

Secondary outcomes

  1. Feedback of music of male and female pre-clinical dental students.

    Time frame: From baseline to 5 months

    What type of music students feel more relaxed while working in dental labs by answering certain questions in the form of questionnaire

  2. PSS scale range from 0-4,with 0-no stress,1-mild stress,3-moderate stress and 4-severe

    Time frame: From Baseline to 5 months

    What type of music students feel more relaxed while working in dental labs by asking certain questions in a questionnaire

    a measurement tool in the form of questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ajman University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Oct 31, 2018
Registry last updated
Oct 31, 2018

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