Hemodynamic and Stress Response After Sound Intervention with Different Headphone Systems: A Double-Blind Randomized Study in Healthy Volunteers Working in the Health Care Sector.

Two headphone systems using different sound systems were compared to investigate the effects of a sound intervention on cardiovascular parameters, indicators of stress, and subjective feelings. One hundred volunteers who work in the health care sector reporting elevated workplace-related stress were enrolled and randomized to a 12-min sound intervention (classical music) with either conventional headphones ("MEZE 99 Classic") or with the same-but internally modified-headphone (called "Lautsaenger"). Cardiovascular parameters were measured with the VascAssist2.

[Pilot study on subjectively and objectively measurable stress reduction in the daily routine of a university anesthesia department by an intervention program according to mindfulness-based stress reduction].

Background: Chronic stress and high workload in physicians can lead to loss of interest, emotional exhaustion and finally in burnout syndrome. This can cause serious consequences not only for the physicians personally and their own health by developing extensive health impairments, e.g.