ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Rattanachaiyanont M.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Serum Cortisol, Academic Performance and Health of Siriraj Medical Students

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Siriraj Hospital Gazette, Vol. 44, No. 11, November 1992. Page 871-877

รายละเอียด / Details:

A study of serum cortisol in second year medical students at Siriraj Hospital was performed in 1986 curriculum year. Ninety-one volunteers, 28 females and 63 males, participated in this study. Two blood samples were collected from each voluntreer one at the beginning of the second semester and the other at the end of the semester, a few days before the final examination in Physiology. Serum corisol, which was measured by RIA technique, was used to determine the degree of stress and the ability to adapt to stress. By considering the two cortisol values in each subject, the students were classified into 4 group, I.e. group 1-decreased or unaltered value from first normal value on second eaamination, group 2-increased value from first normal value, group 3-decreased value fromfirst high value and group 4-sustained or increased value from first high value. It was found that 57.14 percent of male and 60.71 percent of female students already had higher serum cortisol than normal in the first sample. The academic performance and health were not statistically different among the four groups. Howevere, the number of students who had better score in the Psysiology examination was higher in the group 1+3 than the group 2+4 (p=0.034). Two students, one who was in the group 2 with increased serum cortisol and the other who was in the group 3 with decreased serum cortisol, developed psychological problems in the following year.

Keywords: serum cortisol, medical students, mental health, psychological problem

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1992

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital

Code: 00006202

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-152X

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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