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Use of Portable Digital Devices to Analyze Autonomic Stress Response in Psychology Objective Structured Clinical Examination

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The aim of the present study was to explore changes in the autonomic stress response of Psychology students in a Psychology Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and their relationship with OSCE performance. Variables of autonomic modulation by the analysis of heart rate variability in temporal, frequency and non-linear domains, subjective perception of distress strait and academic performance were measured before and after the two different evaluations that composed the OSCE. A psychology objective structured clinical examination composed by two different evaluation scenarios produced a large anxiety anticipatory response, a habituation response in the first of the evaluation scenarios and a in the entire evaluation, and a no habituation response in the second evaluation scenario. Autonomic modulation parameters do not correlate with academic performance of students.

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The present research was developed with the David a Wilson award for excellence in teaching and learning research award 2017, project number XOTRIO1712.

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  1. Applied Psychophysiological Research Group, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ana Isabel Beltrán-Velasco & Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez

  2. Department of Psychology, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Alberto Bellido-Esteban & Pablo Ruisoto-Palomera

  3. Department of Basic Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology of Behavioural Sciences, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Pablo Ruisoto-Palomera

  4. Center of Excellence in Sports and Life Sciences, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez

  5. Facultad de Ciencias de la actividad física y el deporte, Universidad Europea, Calle Tajo s/n, Madrid, Spain

    Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez

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Beltrán-Velasco, A.I., Bellido-Esteban, A., Ruisoto-Palomera, P. et al. Use of Portable Digital Devices to Analyze Autonomic Stress Response in Psychology Objective Structured Clinical Examination. J Med Syst 42, 35 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-0893-x

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