The effect of music on emergency medical technicians
(EMT) stress during work shift
Design
A clinical trial with a control group, with parallel groups, one blind strain, randomized, on 90 emergency medical personnel, random allocation with a Balanced (permuted) block randomization
Settings and conduct
The location of the present study will be the pre-hospital emergency centers of Kermanshah. Operational personnel in the intervention groups, after completing the occupational stress questionnaire, at the beginning of the shift and after the mission, in 2 groups, they will play music without words or the technician's favorite music for 25 minutes and complete the occupational stress questionnaire again. do The control group completed the questionnaires at the same time and did not receive any intervention.The implementer of the intervention and the evaluator are two separate people, and the evaluator as well as the statistical consultant do not know the arrangement of the people in the groups.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- Pre-hospital emergency operative technician
- Willingness to participate in the study
- Interested in music
- Has an associate's degree - bachelor's degree in pre-hospital emergency medicine or master's degree in nursing with pre-hospital emergency medicine basis
Exclusion criteria:
- Having thyroid diseases
- History of active psychiatric diseases or taking psychiatric drugs
- hearing disorder
Intervention groups
The first intervention group: playing music without words at the beginning of the work shift and after returning from the mission.
The second intervention group: Playing the technician's favorite music at the beginning of the work shift and after returning from the mission.
The third intervention group (control): performing routine and daily tasks
Main outcome variables
Job stress level
General information
Reason for update
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT20240724062537N1
Registration date:2024-08-07, 1403/05/17
Registration timing:prospective
Last update:2024-08-07, 1403/05/17
Update count:0
Registration date
2024-08-07, 1403/05/17
Registrant information
Name
Afshin Goodarzi
Name of organization / entity
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 83 3720 1343
Email address
afshingoodarzy@yahoo.com
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Expected recruitment start date
2024-09-22, 1403/07/01
Expected recruitment end date
2025-01-19, 1403/10/30
Actual recruitment start date
empty
Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
The effect of music on emergency medical technicians (EMT) stress during work shift
Public title
The effect of music on stress
Purpose
Health service research
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Pre-hospital emergency operative technician
Associate's degree, expert or master's degree in emergency medicine
Willingness to participate in the study
Interested in music
Exclusion criteria:
Suffering from thyroid diseases, including hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism
No history of active psychiatric diseases or taking psychiatric drugs
Hearing impairment
Age
No age limit
Gender
Both
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
Outcome assessor
Data analyser
Sample size
Target sample size:
90
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
In this study, the available sampling method will be used with the random allocation approach of "creating a random sequence using the limited randomization method" with the title "block randomization".
In this way, the "number of 30 blocks" will be implemented with blocks of 3 and allocation ratio 1:1:1. In this way, the letter A will be assigned to the intervention/first test group, the letter B will be assigned to the intervention/second test group, and the letter C will be assigned to the control group, and finally in blocks of three with the letters A, B, and C, ABC, ACB modes will be assigned. , CAB and ... are assigned.
Randomization is done using online randomization.
Sequentially numbered, sealed opaque envelopes are used to hide random allocation.
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Single blinded
Blinding description
The outcome assessor as well as the statistical consultant will be unaware of the type of intervention
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethics committee of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Street address
No.207 , East Nasim St., Sanbal St., Sadra Township, Kermanshah City
City
Kermanshah
Province
Kermanshah
Postal code
6717864817
Approval date
2024-07-24, 1403/05/03
Ethics committee reference number
IR.KUMS.REC.1403.205
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
stress level
ICD-10 code
F43.0
ICD-10 code description
Acute stress reaction
Primary outcomes
1
Description
Stress level in occupational stress questionnaire(HSE)
Timepoint
Before the intervention (at the beginning of the work shift) and after the intervention and returning from the mission
Method of measurement
occupational stress questionnaire(HSE)
Secondary outcomes
empty
Intervention groups
1
Description
Intervention group: At the beginning of the work shift, playing the song without words (Storias by Albins) for 25 minutes. After returning from the mission, playing a song without words (Serenade by Schubert) for 25
Category
Other
2
Description
Intervention group: At the beginning of the work shift, playing the technician's favorite music for 25 minutes. After returning from a mission, play the technician's favorite music for 25 minutes
Category
Other
3
Description
Control group: Doing routine and daily tasks
Category
Other
Recruitment centers
1
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Pre-hospital emergency medical centers affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences