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Does examination stress affect blood pressure and heart rate regulation in female students?
Does examination stress affect blood pressure and heart rate regulation in female students?
Examination stress increases state anxiety, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate in female students, with cardiovascular responses varying based on preparation and subjective prediction of success.
Examination stress was associated with anxiety and autonomic shifts in female students; leaves open generalizability and requires prospective validation before clinical application.
During the semester and immediately before an examination, changes in the heart rate variability, blood pressure, and state anxiety induced by examination stress, as well as the dependence of these changes on the probabilistic prediction and actual examination mark, were investigated. Before an examination, most students exhibited an increase in state anxiety, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate; the last of these is connected with an increase in the LF/HF ratio. The behavior of the cardiovascular system of the students (who were females) under psychoemotional stress varied considerably depending on how well they were prepared for the examination and on the subjective prediction of success. The importance of the type of heart rate regulation during the semester for the progress of examination stress was established.
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