Assessing the effects of manual dexterity and playing computer games on catheter-wire manipulation for inexperienced operators.
Clin Radiol
; 72(9): 795.e1-795.e5, 2017 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
To investigate the effect of playing computer games and manual dexterity on catheter-wire manipulation in a mechanical aortic model. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Medical student volunteers filled in a preprocedure questionnaire assessing their exposure to computer games. Their manual dexterity was measured using a smartphone game. They were then shown a video clip demonstrating renal artery cannulation and were asked to reproduce this. All attempts were timed. Two-tailed Student's t-test was used to compare continuous data, while Fisher's exact test was used for categorical data.RESULTS:
Fifty students aged 18-22 years took part in the study. Forty-six completed the task at an average of 168 seconds (range 103-301 seconds). There was no significant difference in the dexterity score or time to cannulate the renal artery between male and female students. Students who played computer games for >10 hours per week had better dexterity scores than those who did not play computer games 9.1 versus 10.2 seconds (p=0.0237). Four of 19 students who did not play computer games failed to complete the task, while all of those who played computer games regularly completed the task (p=0.0168).CONCLUSION:
Playing computer games is associated with better manual dexterity and ability to complete a basic interventional radiology task for novices.
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Assunto principal:
Desempenho Psicomotor
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Artéria Renal
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Estudantes de Medicina
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Simulação por Computador
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Cateterismo
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Jogos de Vídeo
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Ano de publicação:
2017
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