Feasibility of a New Wearable Device to Estimate Acute Stress in Novices During High-fidelity Surgical Simulation
Georgiou Konstantinos E.,
Dimov Rossen K.,
Boyanov Nikola B.,
Zografos Konstantinos G.,
Larentzakis Andreas V.,
Marinov Blagoi I.
Affiliations
Georgiou Konstantinos E.
First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dimov Rossen K.
MSTC, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Boyanov Nikola B.
MSTC, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Zografos Konstantinos G.
First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Larentzakis Andreas V.
First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Marinov Blagoi I.
MSTC, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Background: Stress associated with learning of a psychomotor task can influence the trainees learning ability. Surgical simulation is a validated training milieu designed to replicate real-life situations, prevent biases and provide objective metrics. However, the complexity of stress mechanisms and the absence of a reliable detection method make stress estimation difficult to quantify and to interpret.
