Clinical trial NCT04438148: Prevalence and Effect of Workplace Stress Among Pediatric Dentists
Official title: Prevalence and Effect of Workplace Stress Among Pediatric Dentists
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Workplace Stress
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-06-18
Enrollment: 246
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Postgraduate pediatric dentists aged from 25 to 40 years old, medically free

Brief summary: Work-related stress is a pattern of physiological, emotional, cognitive and behavioural reactions to some extremely taxing aspects of work content, work organization and work environment.

Certain work situations are too intense and frequent in nature that exceed an individual's coping capabilities and resources to handle them adequately Dentistry is commonly known as a stressful profession among various occupations. Frequent dealing with different types of patients, working in a very small area for long period of time , exposure to toxic substances , all these factors put the dentist under stress.

Adding to the previous factors, working to uncooperative children with annoying parents, will put pediatric dentistry on the top of the most stressful branches in dentistry.

Stress can affect pedodontists physiologically by increasing their blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate and excessive sweating which in turn may increase the risk of hypertension and breathing problems.

Detailed description: All Paricipants were informed about the objectives of the study and signed an informed consent before participating in the study.

On the day of work, blood pressure and heart rate will be measured for every pediatric dentist at the beginning of the day before starting any case and will be measured again after 3 hours from continuous work. Then, the two readings will be recorded and compared. This part will help in the physiological assessment of the study.

The psychological part will be assessed by asking the pediatric dentists to answer the questions of the 2 scales. {Appendices (2 \&3)}

There will be a specially designed chart for fulfilling the aim of the study designed by the main investigator, this recording chart is formulated to collect the data from the participants.

The recording chart is composed of 3 sections:

The First Section includes sociodemographic data The Second Section includes psychological assessment in which the score gets by each participant is recorded.

The Third Section includes physiological assessment in which the first and second readings of heart rate and blood pressure are recorded and inspected for any change.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Both genders are included
* Postgraduate dentists submitting for master and PHD in pediatric dentistry
* Medically free
* The participants who sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants taking drugs affecting nervous system
* Fasting participants

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of stress
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Degree of stress
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
measure: Heart rate
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Blood Pressure systolic and diastolic
timeFrame: 6 months
Locations:
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Cairo University
state: El Manial
Study officials:
affiliation: Resident at pediatric dentistry and dental public health department
name: Maha Sayed, BSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Lecturer at pediatric dentistry and dental public health department
name: Shaimaa Sabry, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Lecturer of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
name: Walaa Fakher, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Associate Professer at Pediatric dentistry and dental public health department
name: Randa Youssif, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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