Monitoring dental student stress with an Apple Watch
This study tests whether an Apple Watch can helpspot signs of stress in dental students while they treat patients, including those with special needs. If you're a dental student and you're curious about how your body reacts to the demands of clinic, this could be for you.
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Who can take part
- Be a dental student in good academic standing with a current clinical assignment.
- Provide care to both special-needs and non-special-needs patients during the study period.
- Agree to wear an Apple Watch during clinical sessions and complete stress questionnaires.
- Have no skin, heart, nerve, or other medical conditions that would make wearing a wrist monitor unsafe or unreliable.
- For patients: be scheduled for care with a participating student, able to consent (or have a parent/guardian give permission), and willing to allow an observer to record basic visit details.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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