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- Title
Real-Time Stress Analysis Affecting Nurse during Elective Spinal Surgery Using a Wearable Device.
- Authors
Sung, Sayhyun; Kwon, Ji-Won; Kim, Jung-Eun; Lee, Yu-Jin; Lee, Soo-Bin; Lee, Seung-Kyu; Moon, Seong-Hwan; Lee, Byung Ho
- Abstract
Successful spinal surgery demands high levels of concentration and cooperation from participating health care workers. The intraoperative stress levels and concentration levels of surgeons have been studied previously; however, those of nurses are rarely studied. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand the stresses affecting surgical nurses by their participating role during spinal surgery. A total of 160 surgical stress records were obtained during 40 surgeries, including electroencephalography (EEG) signals and heart rate variability (HRV) from three orthopedic spinal surgeons and six nurses; concentration, tension level and physical stress were analyzed. Levels of both concentration and tension were significantly higher in circulating nurses during all surgical stages (p < 0.05). Both beats per minute and low frequency/high frequency ratios, which reflect physical stress, were higher in scrub nurses (p < 0.05). As the surgical experience of scrub nurses increased, the key parameters related to stress tended to decrease (p < 0.01). These results will contribute to understanding the pattern of intraoperative stress of surgical nurses, and therefore help in enhancing the teamwork of the surgical team for optimal outcomes.
- Subjects
SPINAL surgery; STRAINS &; stresses (Mechanics); MEDICAL personnel; ELECTIVE surgery; HEART beat; BRAIN-computer interfaces; ORTHOPEDIC surgery
- Publication
Brain Sciences (2076-3425), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 7, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2076-3425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/brainsci12070909