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Monitoring Dental Student Stress with Apple Watch

This study is looking at how stress affects dental students during their work. Researchers will observe 10 dental students as they provide care to patients. The students will wear an Apple Watch to track their heart rate (a measure of how fast their heart beats) during dental procedures. The main goal is to see how their heart rate changes during these sessions. This study aims to understand occupational stress in dental students. To join, students need to be in good academic standing and have current clinical assignments. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.

Study design
This is an observational study involving 10 dental students. Students will wear an Apple Watch to collect data.
What's involved
Students will wear an Apple Watch during routine dental care sessions.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Heart rate changes are measured during each dental treatment session, per session.

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NCT07356141

Monitoring Occupational Dental Stress Using Apple Watch

Not Yet Recruiting
Not specifiedAll AgesObservational
University of Illinois at Chicago
~10 participants
Updated 2026-07-10 on ClinicalTrials.gov

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Heart rate changes in dental students during dental procedures
Measured over During each dental treatment session per session

Conditions

Occupational Stress

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Job Strain

NCT07356141

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Dentistry

    Chicago, Illinoisstudy coordinator listed

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Who to contact

Shlomo Elbahary
[email protected]
312-728-0400
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Minors and/or Special-needs patients who are scheduled for standard clinical care with a participating student during the study period may be enrolled as secondary subjects provided that their parent/guardian or legally authorized representative (LAR) grants permission during the consent process and the patient assents to the research when appropriate.
Adult Patients with capacity who are scheduled for standard clinical care with a participating student during the study period may be enrolled as secondary subjects provided that are willing to provide informed consent.
Willing to allow an observer and collection of minimal visit-level variables (behavior/cooperation score, sedation status, broad procedure category).
Patients and/or their parent(s), guardian(s), or legally authorized representative(s) providing consent must be able to understand and communicate in English.

Exclusion

Not assigned to patient-care rotations during the study window.
Known dermatologic, cardiovascular, neurologic, or other medical conditions that would interfere with safe or accurate HR monitoring or tolerability of a wrist device.
Unwilling or unable to provide consent or follow procedures.
Declines consent/permission/assent or withdraws at any time.
Prisoners or individuals under custodial supervision.
Pregnant women

What this trial measures

  • Heart rate changes in dental students during dental proceduresDuring each dental treatment session per session