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ADRENOCORTICAL RESPONSE DURING EXAMINATION
Author(s) -
BASEER A.,
RAB S. M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1975.tb01527.x
Subject(s) - rowing , endocrinology , medicine , oral examination , physical examination , physiology , dentistry , archaeology , oral health , history
SUMMARY The stressful effect of a written and oral examination was studied in twenty‐two doctors sitting a postgraduate examination. The rise in the plasma cortisol was not significant in the written examination and reverted to normal values after an hour. On the other hand, there was a significant rise in the plasma cortisol during the oral examination with a pre‐enry rise in blood sugar and a fall in α‐amino nitrogen. It is concluded that whereas a written examination is not a stressful situation, an oral examination is stressful enough to be comparable to rowing and flying.