Is there an association between salivary α-amylase, hospital scale of anxiety and depression and self-report in students with anxiety symptoms?

Authors

  • Caroline de Castro Moura Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Erika de Cássia Lopes Chaves Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Ana Carolina Vieira Bemfica Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Isadora Victorino da Silva Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Carla Rodrigues Gama Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Leonardo Cesar Carvalho Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Denise Hollanda Iunes Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Adriana Teresa Silva Santos Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Andréia Maria Silva Vilela Terra Universidade Federal de Alfenas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v17n4.8547

Keywords:

Anxiety, Alpha-amylases, Students, Universities.

Abstract

Objective: Verifying if there is an association between the salivary α-amylase biomarker, the hospital scale of anxiety and depression, and a self-report of university students with anxiety symptoms. Methods: An observational study carried out with 67 students from a public university. For the data collection, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the self-reported anxiety, and the salivary α-amylase measurement were carried out with the Cocoro Meter® device. The data were analyzed by using the chi-square test. Results: There is no association between salivary α-amylase and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (p = 0.51), and neither between the salivary α-amylase and the self-reported anxiety (p = 0.51), which indicates that the biomarker does not produce any response of these two variables when measuring anxiety. Conclusion: The salivary α-amylase biomarker does not have the same ability to measure anxiety when associated with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and with the self-report in university students with anxiety symptoms.

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Published

2018-12-26

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Moura C de C, Chaves E de CL, Bemfica ACV, Silva IV da, Ribeiro CRG, Carvalho LC, et al. Is there an association between salivary α-amylase, hospital scale of anxiety and depression and self-report in students with anxiety symptoms?. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 26 [cited 2024 Jul. 6];17(4):395-401. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/8547

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