Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli

This study aims to identify the association of academic examination stress with salivary cortisol, salivary Immunoglobulin A (IgA), and salivary alpha-amylase. In addition, this study is also to assess the self-perceived stress before and after an academic examination and its association with the ma...

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Main Author:	Rosli, Farah Dayana
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Neuroscience Biological psychiatry Neuropsychiatry Hypertension Biotechnology
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54636/1/54636.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.546362021-12-14T09:24:14Z Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli 2011 Rosli, Farah Dayana Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Examination. Diagnosis Hypertension Biotechnology This study aims to identify the association of academic examination stress with salivary cortisol, salivary Immunoglobulin A (IgA), and salivary alpha-amylase. In addition, this study is also to assess the self-perceived stress before and after an academic examination and its association with the marks scored. Five minutes unstimulated saliva sample were collected from thirty-nine Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) final year undergraduates before and after a one and a half hour written test. The students also indicated how stress they are on a scale of 1 to 5 rating point, before and immediately after the test. Higher cortisol levels were observed before the exam (p<0.001) and IgA showed higher levels after the exam (p=0.032). No significant differences were observed for alphaamylase before and after the exam (p=0.140). The students perceived a higher level of stress prior to the test (p=0.006). There was a no correlation between before (r=0.098, p=0.554) and after exam self-perceived stress with exam marks (r=-0.294, p=0.126). These findings suggest that salivary cortisol and IgA could be a useful stress biomarker associated with acute stress such as examination. 2011 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54636/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54636/1/54636.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam) Faculty of Health Sciences Haron, Norhisham
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language	English
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topic	Neuroscience Biological psychiatry Neuropsychiatry Neuroscience Biological psychiatry Neuropsychiatry Hypertension Biotechnology
spellingShingle	Neuroscience Biological psychiatry Neuropsychiatry Neuroscience Biological psychiatry Neuropsychiatry Hypertension Biotechnology Rosli, Farah Dayana Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli
description	This study aims to identify the association of academic examination stress with salivary cortisol, salivary Immunoglobulin A (IgA), and salivary alpha-amylase. In addition, this study is also to assess the self-perceived stress before and after an academic examination and its association with the marks scored. Five minutes unstimulated saliva sample were collected from thirty-nine Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) final year undergraduates before and after a one and a half hour written test. The students also indicated how stress they are on a scale of 1 to 5 rating point, before and immediately after the test. Higher cortisol levels were observed before the exam (p<0.001) and IgA showed higher levels after the exam (p=0.032). No significant differences were observed for alphaamylase before and after the exam (p=0.140). The students perceived a higher level of stress prior to the test (p=0.006). There was a no correlation between before (r=0.098, p=0.554) and after exam self-perceived stress with exam marks (r=-0.294, p=0.126). These findings suggest that salivary cortisol and IgA could be a useful stress biomarker associated with acute stress such as examination.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Bachelor degree
author	Rosli, Farah Dayana
author_facet	Rosli, Farah Dayana
author_sort	Rosli, Farah Dayana
title	Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli
title_short	Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli
title_full	Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli
title_fullStr	Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli
title_full_unstemmed	Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli
title_sort	salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among mlt final year undergraduates / farah dayana rosli
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granting_department	Faculty of Health Sciences
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Salivary biomarkers associated with examination stress among MLT final year undergraduates / Farah Dayana Rosli

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