Mocny-Pachońska Katarzyna, Doniec Rafał, Trzcionka Agata, Pachoński Marek, Piaseczna Natalia, Sieciński Szymon, Osadcha Oleksandra, Łanowy Patrycja, Tanasiewicz Marta
Department of Conservative Dentistry with Endodontics, Medical University of Silesia, Faculty of Medical Science, Bytom, Poland.
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biosensors and Biomedical Signal Processing, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland.
PeerJ. 2020 May 6;8:e8981. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8981. eCollection 2020.
Dentists experience high amounts of professional stress beginning with their student years in dental school. This stress, given its early onset, may negatively impact the personal and professional lives of these individuals, as well as the quality of their clinical work. We sought to create an objective scale to evaluate the levels of stress in students at different stages of their education, as well as in practicing physicians.
Thirty dental students participated in this study, with 10 students each selected from junior, mid-senior, and senior classes. They were randomly divided into two groups in which one group was subjected to stressors while the other group was not. JINS MEME ES_R (JINS) smart glasses and Garmin Vivoactive 3 smartwatches were used to obtain data, including electrooculography (EOG), heart rate (HR), and accelerometer (ACC) and gyroscope (GYRO) feedback, while the subjects performed a dental exercise on a phantom tooth.
The heart rates of more experienced students were lower than those of the junior students. The EOG, ACC, and GYRO signals showed multiple differences in the measurement of amplitudes and frequency of episodes.
Our pilot results show that electronic tools, like smart glasses with software and sensors, are useful for monitoring the stress levels of dental students in preclinical operating conditions. We would like to further assess the stress levels in students performing dental procedures on phantom teeth and in later clinical interactions with patients.
从牙科学院的学生时代起，牙医就承受着大量的职业压力。鉴于这种压力出现得早，可能会对这些人的个人生活和职业生活产生负面影响，以及影响他们临床工作的质量。我们试图创建一个客观的量表，以评估处于不同教育阶段的学生以及执业医生的压力水平。
30名牙科学生参与了本研究，分别从低年级、中高年级和高年级中各选取10名学生。他们被随机分为两组，一组承受压力源，另一组则不承受。在受试者对模拟牙进行牙科操作时，使用JINS MEME ES_R（JINS）智能眼镜和佳明Vivoactive 3智能手表来获取数据，包括眼电图（EOG）、心率（HR）以及加速度计（ACC）和陀螺仪（GYRO）反馈。
经验更丰富的学生的心率低于低年级学生。EOG、ACC和GYRO信号在发作幅度和频率的测量上显示出多种差异。
我们的初步结果表明，诸如带有软件和传感器的智能眼镜之类电子工具，对于监测临床前操作条件下牙科学生的压力水平是有用的。我们希望进一步评估学生在对模拟牙进行牙科操作时以及在随后与患者的临床互动中的压力水平。
