Abstract
The aim of the work was to identify the relationship between autonomic function tests and the severity of autonomic dysfunction (AD), assessed by means of the Wein scale. The participants completed a number of questionnaires, including the Eysenck, Wein, Spielberger, and Beck questionnaires, the Toronto Alexithymic Scale (TAS), and the SF-36 Quality of Life questionnaire. The study involved 57 2nd-year students of the Pirogov Russian National Research University. A dynamometric test, a cold test, and an active orthostatic test were used. It was shown that junior medical students are characterized by high rates of anxiety, depression, and AD. The lack of correlations between AD severity and autonomic tests values along with significant correlations between AD severity and quality of life data, excepting physical functioning scale, allows us to assume that in the studied cohort AD is associated with substantial social, but not physical dysadaptation.
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