Effect of Experience and Professional Role on Psychophysiological Stress Response in an Underwater Evacuation Training

  1. Vicente-Rodríguez, Marta 1
  2. Tornero-Aguilera, José F. 1
  3. Bustamante-Sánchez, Álvaro 1
  4. Parraca, Jose A. 233
  5. Clemente-Suárez, Vicente J. 12
  1. 1 Universidad Europea de Madrid
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    Universidad Europea de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04dp46240

  2. 2 Research group at culture, Education and Society, University of la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia
  3. 3 Universidade de Évora
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    Universidade de Évora

    Évora, Portugal

    ROR https://ror.org/02gyps716

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Revista:
Romanian Journal of Military Medicine

ISSN: 1222-5126,  2501-2312

Año de publicación: 2024

Volumen: 127

Número: 4

Páginas: 288-295

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.55453/RJMM.2024.127.4.6 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Romanian Journal of Military Medicine

Resumen

This research aimed to analyze the effect of experience and professional role on psychophysiological stressresponse in underwater evacuation training. Methods: We analyzed 36 participants (39.06±9.01 years), divided into two differentgroups; 17 crew members (38.6±7.2 years) and 19 medical members (39.5±10.5 years). modifications in the rating of perceivedexertion, subjective stress perception, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, cortical arousal, heart rate variability, spirometry,isometric hand strength, and short-term memory before and after underwater evacuation training were analyzed. Results: Themaneuver produced a significant increase in SSP, RPE, IHS, FVC, and SatO2 at different moments of the intervention, being higherin crew members. Conclusions: We found that the underwater evacuation training produced an anticipatory anxiety response,and an increase in autonomous sympathetic nervous system modulation not affecting strength capacities, cortical arousal, andmemory independently of the aircraft role (medical or crew).

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