The association between study conditions and hair cortisol in medical students in Germany - a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students often experience high levels of stress due to adverse study conditions, which may have adverse health consequences. Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) has been described as a physiological marker for chronic stress and might thus help to identify students under stress and examine the study conditions being responsible for long-term physiological stress responses. This study therefore investigated the association between study conditions and HCC in a sample of medical students.

Methods

Fifty-five students from a medical school in Germany completed a paper-based questionnaire and had hair samples collected between May 2020 and July 2021. Study conditions were assessed with student versions of questionnaires based on the Job-Demand-Control-Support mod

SUBMITTER: Heming M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10228133 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature