Intraoperative Pauses in Relation to Stress Assessment Among Surgeons (SAFT)

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stress

Treatments

Behavioral: Pause with a sugar containing drink

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04626648

SAFT

Details and patient eligibility

About

Intraoperative stress among the surgical team can be a threat to patient safety and good teamwork. During surgery, surgeons often work under stressful conditions. Reducing intraoperative stress for surgeons could benefit surgeons and subsequently patients. Based on the hypothesis that an intraoperative pause including a sugar-containing drink would decrease surgeon's stress levels, the aim of this study is to compare stress levels, in relation to intraoperative stress and how this is affected by a pause including a sugar-containing drink in simulated operations.

Full description

A randomized controlled cross-over trial was conducted in a simulator environment. Primary endpoint was intra-individual change in salivary cortisol between simulations with or without a pause including a sugar containing drink. Secondary endpoints were change in heart rate, change in self-perceived stress measured by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and experience of the intraoperative pause.

Enrollment

17 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Surgeon within five years of specialization with basic laparoscopic skills, able to perform an appendectomy

Exclusion criteria

diabetes
Addison's disease
medication with steroids or medication that affect heart rate (beta-blockers, calcium antagonists, antiarrhythmics, and digitalis) Smoking