Avaliação do cortisol salivar em resposta ao estresse : um estudo em graduandos do curso da farmácia.

Abstract

Stress affects a large part of the world population, interfering in the quality of life, preventing the accomplishment of tasks of the day to day, being able to trigger numerous diseases. University students are exposed to numerous stress situations during graduation, this can generate frustrations directly impacting academic life, which may lead to an increase in cortisol levels in saliva. The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of stress by the LIPP questionnaire and salivary cortisol in students at the beginning and end of the 9th semester of the Pharmacy course of the University of Santa Cruz do Sul - RS. A cohort study was conducted with students at the beginning and end of the 9th semester of the Pharmacy course in which the Lipp-ISSL Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults and the salivary cortisol dosage were applied. The sample consisted of mostly unmarried individuals (91.3%), with a mean age of 22 years, predominantly female (87%) and 65.2% practicing exercise at least three times a week. The prevalence of stress among pharmacy students at the beginning and end of the semester was the alert phase. There was no significant difference in salivary cortisol. It is concluded that the majority of Pharmacy students did not progress to the phases of resistance and exhaustion at the end of the semester, being beneficial to their productivity.