International Journal of Physiology
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Effects of Examination Stress on Blood Cell Count in First Year Medical Students

  • Author:
  • Jayanti Singh1, Nivriti Singh2, Hemant Kumar Singh3, Yogesh Tripathi4, J L Agarwal5
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 17 to 21

1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur

2Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Rama Medical College, Hapur

3Assistant Professor & Statistician, Department of Physiology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur

4Professor, Department of Physiology, Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad

5Professor & Head, Department of Physiology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Online published on 24 September, 2014.

Abstract

Medical students confront with significant academic, psychological, & existential stressors throughout their professional training. Studies have shown that examination stress can have a significant effect on blood cell parameters. The present study was designed to examine the effect of examination stress on different type of blood cells i.e RBC, platelets, haematocrit, TLC, eosinophil, basophil, lymphocyte, monocytes and leucocytes. The changes that occurs are increase in neutrophils and platelets, whereas lymphocytes, eosinophils and monocytes decrease in number.

Keywords

Examination Stress, RBC, Platelets, Haematocrit, TLC, Eosinophil, Basophil, Lymphocyte, Monocytes, Leucocytes