title: Examination stress in medical student: a study.
abstract: The present study was conducted on 40 male and 10 female students appearing for the 1st MBBS examination. Two readings of pulse rate, blood pressure and electro cardiogram were taken viz 6 months (control) and 10 minutes prior to the examination. A significant increase was seen in the pulse rate and blood pressure readings before the examination as compared to the control readings. However, no significant change was observed in electro cardiographic recordings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, K.G's Medical College, Lucknow.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.forename: U S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011674:Pulse / Q000502:physiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*