A biofeedback-based stress monitoring tool significantly reduced surgeons' mean stress scores in a randomized controlled trial¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In a 28-day randomized controlled trial during surgeons' daily life including procedures with patients, mean stress score declined significantly for the intervention group but not the control group. → Tjønnås Maria Suong 2022

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

q3 · i? · review · r3

Review reports a randomized controlled trial by Lemaire et al. assessing a biofeedback stress management tool that alerted physicians when they surpassed threshold stress levels. "the mean stress score declined significantly for the intervention group, but not for the control group". The trial reached Kirkpatrick level 3.

"During the trial, the mean stress score declined significantly for the intervention group, but not for the control group, demonstrating that stress levels declined significantly when using this stress management method."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Affect Regulation — outcome: instruction changes it

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