Copeptin as a Stress Marker During a Written Examination (CoEXAM)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02051647

325/13

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate whether copeptin levels increase upon a psychological stress (i.e. written examination) and whether copeptin levels measured immediately before the written examination predict success of the examination.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age over 18 years
• Member of 4th year in medical course at Basel University

Exclusion criteria

• Intake of any medication (except birth control pill)
• BMI over 30kg/m2
• Evidence of acute disease
• History of chronic illness, including chronic psychiatric disease
• Anamnestic certain or assumed pregnancy
• Regularly smoking students