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Effects of Mindfulness, Mobilization of Resources, or Biofeedback on Stress Before OSCE

NCT05380076 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 490

Last updated 2024-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Stress generated during the curriculum might have deleterious effects on the wellbeing and the health of medical students. Objective and Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) will be incorporated soon in the certification process as a final national undergraduate ranking examination. This exam will be an additional major stressor for medical students.

Stress coping strategies could be implemented to help them better prepare for this examination. The aim of this study was to compare the efficiency on stress reduction of three different 6-minutes coping interventions in medical student, few minutes prior to the OSCE.

Conditions

  • Exam Stress
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Stress, Physiological

Interventions

OTHER

Mindfulness meditation

6 minutes of watching a video tape made for the study that inspire mindfulness like meditation just before entering the examination circuit.

OTHER

Mobilization of inner resources

6 minutes of watching a video tape made for the study that provide psychological stimulation just before entering the examination circuit

OTHER

Biofeedback

6 minutes of relaxing breathing exercise coupled with heart rate variability biofeedback guided on eMWave Pro software on a computer just before entering the examination circuit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Claude Bernard University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gilles Rode, PhD · Claude Bernard University

  • Marc Lilot, PhD · Claude Bernard University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-17
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2023-12-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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