Claire E. Wakefield

2024

Surgeon stress, anxiety, and workload: a descriptive study of participant reported responses to fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery exercises.

Surgical endoscopy ·doi:10.1007/s00464-024-11238-3

BackgroundStress while operating is an important contributor to surgeon health and burnout. Measuring stress is key to improving surgeon and patient outcomes, however biological responses to stress during surgery are variable and difficult …

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Acute Biological Changes in Gynecologic Surgeons during Surgery: A Prospective Study

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2023.06.014

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess changes in biological measures of acute stress in surgeons during surgery in real-world settings DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: A tertiary teaching hospital. PATIENTS: 8 consultant and 9 training g…

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Surgeon reported measures of stress and anxiety prior to and after elective gynecological surgery

Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14728

INTRODUCTION: Performing surgical procedures is a recognized source of stress for surgeons. Vocational stress is an important contributor to performance, patient care, and burnout with dispositional and environmental factors contributing. A…