Queirolo Luca, Roccon Andrea, Piovan Silvia, Ludovichetti Francesco Saverio, Bacci Christian, Zanette Gastone
Section of Clinical Dentistry, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2024 May 22;15:1344970. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1344970. eCollection 2024.
To the best of our knowledge, dental school students have never been evaluated for stress, anxiety, burnout, physiological indexes during a 24-h working day, and executive function performance post-work and post-work after returning from vacation; therefore, this research has been conducted.
Data were acquired at the Dental School of the University of Padua on 16 students in their 4th year, far from the exam session. While performing clinical activity on the dental chair and during a working day, electrodermal activity (EDA), heart rate variability (HRV), and heart rate (HR) were recorded. Participants' stress was measured with the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10 scale) and anxiety with the General Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y-2), while burnout with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS). Executive functions were evaluated using the Tower of London test (TOL-R).
Three students (2F/1M) had a GAD-7 score ≥ 10. Five students (4F/1M) showed trait anxiety. Moderate levels of perceived stress were reported in 85% of participants. MBI-HSS showed that 7 participants scored high on emotional exhaustion and 7 on depersonalization. TOL-R performance (M = 15.85, SD = 4.01) was below the normative value < 0.00001. A second test, after the holidays, showed normal values. EDA was higher during children's treatment ( < 0.05), ANOVA showed high HR during working time ( < 0.001), and HRV was higher in males ( < 0.001).
Based on the sample size evaluated, it is reported that being a dental student has a moderate impact on stress, anxiety, and burnout while a strong impact on executive functions buffered by rest.
据我们所知，从未对牙科学院学生在24小时工作日期间的压力、焦虑、职业倦怠、生理指标以及下班后和休假归来后的执行功能表现进行过评估；因此开展了本研究。
在帕多瓦大学牙科学院对16名四年级学生进行数据采集，当时远离考试阶段。在牙科治疗椅上进行临床活动期间以及一个工作日内，记录皮肤电活动（EDA）、心率变异性（HRV）和心率（HR）。使用感知压力量表（PSS - 10量表）测量参与者的压力，使用广泛性焦虑障碍问卷（GAD - 7）和状态 - 特质焦虑量表（STAI - Y - 2）测量焦虑，使用马氏职业倦怠量表（MBI - HSS）测量职业倦怠。使用伦敦塔测试（TOL - R）评估执行功能。
三名学生（2名女性/1名男性）的GAD - 7得分≥10。五名学生（4名女性/1名男性）表现出特质焦虑。85%的参与者报告有中度水平的感知压力。MBI - HSS显示，7名参与者在情感耗竭方面得分高，7名在去个性化方面得分高。TOL - R表现（M = 15.85，SD = 4.01）低于标准值<0.00001。假期后的第二次测试显示值正常。儿童治疗期间EDA较高（<0.05），方差分析显示工作时间心率较高（<0.001），男性的HRV较高（<0.001）。
基于所评估的样本量，据报告，作为一名牙科学生对压力、焦虑和职业倦怠有中度影响，而对由休息缓冲的执行功能有强烈影响。
