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Variations in Salivary Stress Biomarkers and Their Relationship with Anxiety, Self-Efficacy and Sleeping Quality in Emergency Health Care Professionals

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  • Daniel Pérez-Valdecantos

    (Departamento de Bioquímica, Campus Universitario “Los Pajaritos”, Biología Molecular y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, GIR de “Ejercicio Físico y Envejecimiento”, Universidad de Valladolid, 42004 Soria, Spain)

  • Alberto Caballero-García

    (Departamento de Anatomía y Radiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, GIR de “Ejercicio Físico y Envejecimiento”, Campus Universitario “Los Pajaritos”, Universidad Valladolid, 42004 Soria, Spain)

  • Teodosia del Castillo-Sanz

    (Gerencia de Emergencias Sanitarias de Castilla y León, UME Soria, Hospital Virgen del Mirón, 42005 Soria, Spain)

  • Hugo J. Bello

    (Departamento de Matemáticas, Escuela de Ingeniería de la Industria Forestal, Agronómica y de la Bioenergía, GIR de “Ejercicio Físico y Envejecimiento”, Campus Universitario “Los Pajaritos”, Universidad de Valladolid, 42004 Soria, Spain)

  • Enrique Roche

    (Department of Applied Biology-Nutrition, Institute of Bioengineering, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain
    Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL Foundation), 03010 Alicante, Spain
    CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain)

  • Alba Roche

    (Department of Applied Biology-Nutrition, Institute of Bioengineering, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

  • Alfredo Córdova

    (Departamento de Bioquímica, Campus Universitario “Los Pajaritos”, Biología Molecular y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, GIR de “Ejercicio Físico y Envejecimiento”, Universidad de Valladolid, 42004 Soria, Spain)

Abstract

Hospital healthcare workers of emergency departments (EDs) face a variety of occupational stressors on a daily basis. We have recently published that emergency professionals display increased salivary levels of α-amylase and dehydroepiandrosterone during the working day. The pattern of these markers may suggest a counteracting mechanism of dehydroepiandrosterone against the stress reflected by amylase increases. In order to verify this hypothesis, we have analysed different psychological aspects in the same group of healthcare professionals through different tests related to behaviours resulting from stress. These include the state-trait anxiety inventory, the self-efficacy test and the sleeping quality questionnaire. The tests were provided at the beginning of the working day and collected at the end. STAI scores (trait and state) were indicative of no anxiety. Self-efficacy scores were considered optimal, as well as those from the sleeping quality questionnaire. This is supported by the modest correlation between STAI scores and salivary levels of α-amylase and dehydroepiandrosterone. In conclusion, the emergency professionals of the studied hospitals seem to have adequate work management. Altogether it means that the stress generated during work performance is controlled, allowing a correct adaptation to the demanding situations undergone in emergency departments.

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  • Daniel Pérez-Valdecantos & Alberto Caballero-García & Teodosia del Castillo-Sanz & Hugo J. Bello & Enrique Roche & Alba Roche & Alfredo Córdova, 2021. "Variations in Salivary Stress Biomarkers and Their Relationship with Anxiety, Self-Efficacy and Sleeping Quality in Emergency Health Care Professionals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:17:p:9277-:d:628054
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