Stress Responses of Examiners during Ophthalmic Examination Practices in Healthy Young Students
The stress reaction of trainees is an issue in the practices of medical-related examinations that involve real-time decision making based on the examiner–subject interactions. The Goldmann perimetry (GP) test is one of these examinations. To evaluate the students’ stress reactions in the practice of...
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| description | The stress reaction of trainees is an issue in the practices of medical-related examinations that involve real-time decision making based on the examiner–subject interactions. The Goldmann perimetry (GP) test is one of these examinations. To evaluate the students’ stress reactions in the practice of the GP test, the stress-related substances and heart rate variability were measured in forty students enrolled in the practice. While there was no significant increase in stress-related substances during the practice, significantly increased sympathetic activities were observed at the beginning of the tests. Moreover, the plasma cortisol measured before the tests showed a significant positive correlation to the students’ self-confidence scores, indicating the students, especially those with higher self-confidence scores, were anxious for upcoming tests with unfamiliar subjects. Once the tests began, they felt relieved in the procedures they had learned repeatedly. On the other hand, while the average plasma ACTH decreased significantly during the test, the ACTH secretion correlated positively to the test duration, indicating that the skillful participants had less stress during the test. In the medical-related practices, pre-training on how to deal with unfamiliar subjects may be helpful for reducing the stress of the trainees, in addition to the procedure itself. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-262cf4f52f65423f8b21a944b98ac38b2023-11-19T09:25:06ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-09-0113181025010.3390/app131810250Stress Responses of Examiners during Ophthalmic Examination Practices in Healthy Young StudentsHaruo Toda0Hokuto Ubukata1Naohiko Kinoshita2Takuya Abe3Kunie Morita4Department of Orthoptics and Visual Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 950-3198, JapanDepartment of Orthoptics and Visual Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 950-3198, JapanDepartment of Health Informatics, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 950-3198, JapanDepartment of Clinical Engineering and Medical Technology, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 950-3198, JapanDepartment of Clinical Engineering and Medical Technology, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 950-3198, JapanThe stress reaction of trainees is an issue in the practices of medical-related examinations that involve real-time decision making based on the examiner–subject interactions. The Goldmann perimetry (GP) test is one of these examinations. To evaluate the students’ stress reactions in the practice of the GP test, the stress-related substances and heart rate variability were measured in forty students enrolled in the practice. While there was no significant increase in stress-related substances during the practice, significantly increased sympathetic activities were observed at the beginning of the tests. Moreover, the plasma cortisol measured before the tests showed a significant positive correlation to the students’ self-confidence scores, indicating the students, especially those with higher self-confidence scores, were anxious for upcoming tests with unfamiliar subjects. Once the tests began, they felt relieved in the procedures they had learned repeatedly. On the other hand, while the average plasma ACTH decreased significantly during the test, the ACTH secretion correlated positively to the test duration, indicating that the skillful participants had less stress during the test. In the medical-related practices, pre-training on how to deal with unfamiliar subjects may be helpful for reducing the stress of the trainees, in addition to the procedure itself.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/18/10250medical-related educationheart rate variabilitystress reactionGoldmann perimetry |
| spellingShingle | Haruo Toda Hokuto Ubukata Naohiko Kinoshita Takuya Abe Kunie Morita Stress Responses of Examiners during Ophthalmic Examination Practices in Healthy Young Students Applied Sciences medical-related education heart rate variability stress reaction Goldmann perimetry |
| title | Stress Responses of Examiners during Ophthalmic Examination Practices in Healthy Young Students |
| title_full | Stress Responses of Examiners during Ophthalmic Examination Practices in Healthy Young Students |
| title_fullStr | Stress Responses of Examiners during Ophthalmic Examination Practices in Healthy Young Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stress Responses of Examiners during Ophthalmic Examination Practices in Healthy Young Students |
| title_short | Stress Responses of Examiners during Ophthalmic Examination Practices in Healthy Young Students |
| title_sort | stress responses of examiners during ophthalmic examination practices in healthy young students |
| topic | medical-related education heart rate variability stress reaction Goldmann perimetry |
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