Stress, Job, Stress, Physiological, Stress, Psychological, Student Burnout
Conditions
Keywords
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, OMM, OMT, Cortisol, Medical Student Stress, Cognitive Function
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate stress biomarkers, subjective stress levels, and cognitive function in medical students. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: Does regular osteopathic manipulative treatment affect stress in medical students? Does regular osteopathic manipulative treatment affect cognitive function in medical students? Participants will be split into two groups, control and treatment, and undergo a designated protocol for six weeks. The treatment protocol will include weekly sessions of three OMT techniques: paraspinal inhibition, rib raising, and condylar decompression. Concurrently, participants' salivary cortisol levels will be collected weekly and analyzed using an Invitrogen ELISA Immunoassay Kit. Additionally, cognitive function will be assessed weekly via Lumosity, while stress levels are gauged using the College Student Stress Scale (CSSS) survey. Researchers will compare one cohort of medical students who receive weekly OMT and another cohort of medical students who have weekly check-ins without OMT to see if OMT can affect changes in stress biomarkers, subjective stress scales, and cognitive function.
Interventions
Individuals in the experimental cohort will undergo a systematic osteopathic manipulative treatment protocol encompassing paraspinal inhibition, rib raising, and condylar decompression techniques.
Sponsors
The Touro College and University System
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* First-year medical students * Not currently receiving osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT)
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant * History of spinal surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly Cortisol Level | Weekly, over the course of 8 week study | Salivary Cortisol as measured in an ELISA Immunoassay |
| College Student Subjective Stress Survey (CSSS) Numerical Score | Weekly, over the course of 8 week study | Numerical Score collected from the College Student Subjective Stress Survey, a 10-item survey investigating occurrence of stressors over the course of a week, with each item being rated from 1 (Never) to 5 (Very Often). A lower score reflects lower perceived stress while a higher score reflects higher perceived stress. |
| LPI | Weekly, over the course of 8 week study | Learning Performance Index Metric from Lumosity |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed