relation: http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/17986/
title: The effect of an exam period as a stress situation on baroreflex sensitivity among healthy university students
creator:  Fejes Imola
creator:  Ábrahám György
creator:  Légrády Péter
description: Purpose: Authors investigated the effect of a university exam period on blood pressure (BP) and baroreflex-sensitivity (BRS) among healthy students.Materials and methods: Fifty-three healthy normotensive university students participated in the test. BP values and BRS were recorded once during a 14-week long semester and once during a 6-week long exam period with a Finometer device. The time-domain spontaneous BRS in lying position and after standing up was calculated with Nevrokard software. Students were divided into optimal, normal, high-normal and hypertension (HT) groups by BP values.Results: All the BRS values calculated in the exam period were significantly lower compared to the semester period in the same positions. In supine position: (semester vs. exam) up-BRS was 21.9 ± 13.2 ms/mmHg vs. 18.5 ± 11.9 ms/mmHg (p = .013), down-BRS was 22.3 ± 9.3 ms/mmHg vs. 18.4 ± 8.2 ms/mmHg (p = .019). After standing up: (semester vs. exam) up-BRS was 9.3 ± 3.3 ms/mmHg vs. 7.6 ± 3.1 ms/mmHg (p = .02), down-BRS was 9.5 ± 3.6 ms/mmHg vs. 7.0 ± 2.8 ms/mmHg (p < .0001). The number of students decreased in optimal BP group and increased in normal and HT groups in the exam period.Conclusions: A 6-week long exam period had enough stress effect to change cardiovascular parameters towards a higher risk even in healthy young people.
date: 2020
type: Folyóiratcikk
type: PeerReviewed
format: text
identifier: http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/17986/1/Theeffectofanexamperiodasastresssituationonbaroreflexsensitivityamonghealthyuniversitystudents.pdf
identifier:     Fejes Imola;  Ábrahám György;  Légrády Péter: The effect of an exam period as a stress situation on baroreflex sensitivity among healthy university students.   BLOOD PRESSURE, 29 (3).  pp. 175-181.  ISSN 0803-7051 (2020)     
identifier: doi:10.1080/08037051.2019.1710108
relation: http://doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2019.1710108
relation: 31132854
language: eng
relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/08037051.2019.1710108
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess