TY  - JOUR
T1  - Vital Signs and Salivary Cortisol as Biomarkers of Stress among Senior Dental Trainees at a Dentistry Faculty Hospital
TT  - Vital Signs and Salivary Cortisol as Biomarkers of Stress among Senior Dental Trainees at a Dentistry Faculty Hospital
AU  - Kara, Tolgahan
AU  - Işıker Kara, Gözde
AU  - Balci Yuce, Hatice
AU  - Acel, Sibel
PY  - 2025
DA  - November
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.19127/bshealthscience.1734070
JF  - Black Sea Journal of Health Science
JO  - BSJ Health Sci.
PB  - Karyay Karadeniz Yayımcılık Ve Organizasyon Ticaret Limited Şirketi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2619-9041
SP  - 250
EP  - 254
VL  - 8
IS  - 6
LA  - en
AB  - Senior dental trainees tend to experience increased stress since they have to deal with graduation and career concerns, on top of the challenges of their clinical duties. Increased stress can cause stress-related physiological changes. This study aimed to investigate perceived stress, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), blood oxygen saturation (OS), and salivary cortisol levels (SCL) among senior dental trainees of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Dental Hospital. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 73 systemically healthy senior dental trainees of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Dental Hospital in June 2023. Perceived stress scores (PSS) were obtained via the Perceived Stress Scale-14. SBP, DBP, HR, and OS measurements were performed. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to evaluate SCL. No statistically significant correlation was found between PSS and SBP, DBP, HR, OS, and SCL (P>0.05). In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in terms of all variables among the clinical sections (P>0.05). The stress levels of healthy dentistry senior trainees did not cause a significant change in stress biomarkers such as SBP, DBP, HR, OS, and SCL. Dental trainees performing different clinical tasks did not show a significant difference in terms of PSS, SBP, DBP, HR, OS, and SCL.
KW  - Dentistry students
KW  - Perceived stress
KW  - Blood pressure
KW  - Heart rate
KW  - Oxygen saturation
KW  - Salivary cortisol
N2  - Senior dental trainees tend to experience increased stress since they have to deal with graduation and career concerns, on top of the challenges of their clinical duties. Increased stress can cause stress-related physiological changes. This study aimed to investigate perceived stress, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), blood oxygen saturation (OS), and salivary cortisol levels (SCL) among senior dental trainees of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Dental Hospital. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 73 systemically healthy senior dental trainees of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Dental Hospital in June 2023. Perceived stress scores (PSS) were obtained via the Perceived Stress Scale-14. SBP, DBP, HR, and OS measurements were performed. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to evaluate SCL. No statistically significant correlation was found between PSS and SBP, DBP, HR, OS, and SCL (P>0.05). In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in terms of all variables among the clinical sections (P>0.05). The stress levels of healthy dentistry senior trainees did not cause a significant change in stress biomarkers such as SBP, DBP, HR, OS, and SCL. Dental trainees performing different clinical tasks did not show a significant difference in terms of PSS, SBP, DBP, HR, OS, and SCL.
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L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/5019819
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