Mental training methods for surgical stress management show positive effects on stress experience and technical performance¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Mental training methods (coaching, mental practice, mental skills curricula, stress coping strategies, meditation and relaxation) reduced cognitive stress and improved technical performance in reviewed studies. → Tjønnås Maria Suong 2022 q2 i? The effect of mental training was not always reflected in physiological stress measurements, although participants reported positive experiences regardless of statistical significance. → Tjønnås Maria Suong 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Tjønnås Maria Suong 2022¶

Tjønnås Maria Suong, Guzmán-García Carmen, Sánchez-González Patricia, Gómez Enrique Javier, Oropesa Ignacio, Våpenstad Cecilie. (2022). Stress in surgical educational environments: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03841-6

q2 · i? · review · r3

Review synthesis of 13 articles investigating mental training methods for stress management in surgical environments. The review reports the methods "demonstrated to have positive effects on participants’ stress experience" and improved technical performance.

"The mental training methods demonstrated to have positive effects on participants’ stress experience and to reduce their cognitive stress [69, 73, 89, 92], as well as improve their technical performance [69–71, 90]."

Tjønnås Maria Suong 2022 (2)¶

Tjønnås Maria Suong, Guzmán-García Carmen, Sánchez-González Patricia, Gómez Enrique Javier, Oropesa Ignacio, Våpenstad Cecilie. (2022). Stress in surgical educational environments: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03841-6

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Review synthesis noting a dissociation between subjective and physiological outcomes: "the effect of mental training was not always reflected in physiological stress measurements in participants". Most methods were initiated weeks ahead of the intervention.

"However, the effect of mental training was not always reflected in physiological stress measurements in participants [71, 92]."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Affect Regulation — outcome: instruction changes it

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