Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample.
| Characteristics | Control (N = 35) |
TSST-G (N = 35) |
Group comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 40.34 (10.76) | 36.63 (11.85) | F(1,68) = 1.89,ns |
| BMI | 24.64 (3.84) | 24.63 (4.08) | F(1,68) < 0.01,ns |
| MBI-GS | 2.32 (0.78) | 2.11 (0.96) | F(1,68) = 0.80,ns |
| PHQ-9 | 7.09 (4.18) | 7.11 (4.54) | F(1,68) = < 0.01,ns |
| HCC | 16.28 (13.36) | 20.49 (18.94) | F(1,35) = 0.63,ns |
| Salivary cortisol (baseline) | 4.89 (3.20) | 6.22 (7.89) | F(1,68) = 0.86,ns |
| sAA (baseline) | 119.80 (77.42) | 147.56 (99.35) | F(1,68) = 1.70,ns |
| HR (seated baseline) | 71.04 (8.83) | 73.19 (10.52) | F(1,68) = 0.85,ns |
| VmHRV (seated baseline) | 35.32 (29.24) | 32.35 (19.55) | F(1,68) = 0.25,ns |
| Mean VAS (baseline) | 1.48 (1.22) | 2.14 (1.61) | F(1,68) = 3.75,ns |
| PASA | |||
| Primary appraisal | 2.71 (0.67) | 3.60 (0.87) | F(1,68) = 22.78,s |
| Secondary | 3.95 (0.66) | 4.40 (0.72) | F(1,68) = 7.32,s |
| appraisal | −1.24 (1.05) | −0.80 (1.21) | F(1,68) = 2.67,ns |
| Stress index | |||
Note. BMI = body mass index; HCC = hair cortisol concentration; HR = mean heart rate; MBI-GS = Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey sum-score, burnout symptoms; Mean VAS = mean value of six visual analogue scales; PASA = Primary Appraisal - Secondary Appraisal questionnaire; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire sum-score, depressive symptoms; sAA = salivary alpha-amylase; vmHRV vagally-mediated heart rate variability; Cells indicate mean with SD in parentheses.