TY - JOUR 
A1 - Martínez Pascual, Beatriz
AU - Ramírez Adrados, Ana
AU - Fernández Martínez, Silvia
AU - González de Ramos, Cristina
AU - Fernández Elías, Valentín Emilio
AU - Clemente Suárez, Vicente Javier
T1 - Autonomic stress response of physiotherapy student in the different scenarios of an objective structured clinical examination
Y1 - 2022
SN - 1472-6920
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/11757
AB - The aim of the present research was to analyse modifications in the autonomic stress response of Physiotherapy
students undergoing a 12-scenario Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE). A total of 86 last year students
of the Physiotherapy bachelor’s degree (27.29 years (SD = 6.66); 36 females and 50 males) randomly assigned were
monitored during the complete OSCE to measure heart rate variability (HRV) in temporal, frequency, and non-linear
domains. The HRV analysed showed a large anticipatory stress response of students maintained during the entire
evaluation. The stress response varied regarding OSCE station complexity and demands and the highest sympathetic
response was not found in higher emotional scenarios.
The autonomic modulation monitoring allows teachers to design OSCE scenarios more adapted to the students, limiting
the effect of the stress response to allow a better performance.
KW - Signos y síntomas
KW - Evaluación de síntomas
KW - Estudiante universitario
KW - Psicofisiología
KW - Estrés mental
LA - eng
ER -