Clinical trial NCT03725488: The Impact of Background Music in Reducing Stress in Preclinical Dental Labs
Official title: The Impact of Background Music in Reducing Stress in Preclinical Dental Labs
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Stress-related Problem
Keywords: Dental labs
genre
music
perceived stress scale
stress
Lead sponsor: Ajman University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-10-31
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 23
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population were both male and female students aged between 18-23 yrs who were students of Ajman University dental campus,they are attending preclinical dental labs and belong to the 2nd and third year of the dentistry program

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: coping mechanisms practiced by pre-clinical dental students to cope up stress.
timeFrame: From baseline to 5 months
measure: 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.)
timeFrame: From baseline to 5 months
measure: PSS scale range from 0-4,with 0-no stress,1-mild stress,3-moderate stress and 4-severe stress
timeFrame: From baseline to 5 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Feedback of music of male and female pre-clinical dental students.
timeFrame: From baseline to 5 months
measure: PSS scale range from 0-4,with 0-no stress,1-mild stress,3-moderate stress and 4-severe
timeFrame: From Baseline to 5 months
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