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

Stress-related Problem Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03725488
• Other study ID #: RDF-2015/16-01
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 24, 2016
• Est. completion date: August 20, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: Ajman University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: August 20, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 25, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 23 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stress-related Problem

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire
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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ajman University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	coping mechanisms practiced by pre-clinical dental students to cope up stress.	How students cope with the stress they experience by answering a questionnaire	From baseline to 5 months
Primary	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.)	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.	From baseline to 5 months
Primary	PSS scale range from 0-4,with 0-no stress,1-mild stress,3-moderate stress and 4-severe stress	The students were graded on their response to the questionnaire	From baseline to 5 months
Secondary	Feedback of music of male and female pre-clinical dental students.	What type of music students feel more relaxed while working in dental labs by answering certain questions in the form of questionnaire	From baseline to 5 months
Secondary	PSS scale range from 0-4,with 0-no stress,1-mild stress,3-moderate stress and 4-severe	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	From Baseline to 5 months