Consumption of food sources of tryptophan, pyridoxine, vitamin C and academic stress in Peruvian university students
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universitarios, vitaminas, aminoácidos, estrés académicoAbstract
Introduction: There are nutrients such as tryptophan, pyridoxine and vitamin C, which are involved in various physiological functions related to sleep, skin, immune system and mood.
Objective: To identify the relationship between the con
sumption of food sources of tryptophan, pyridoxine and vitamin C and the levels of academic stress.
Methods: The method was a logical-deductive quantitative approach, correlational level, basic type, non-experimental design, with the participation of 513 university students with a mean age of 24 years (SD = 7.2). They completed the designed questionnaire of Food Consumption with tryptophan, pyridoxine and vitamin C content, which has 59 items and was validated with the participation of 9 judges and the reliability of Cronbach’s alpha was 0.89 while the academic stress questionnaire was the DASS-21 which consists of 21 questions having as dimensions: stressors, symptoms and strategies, each with 7 questions.
Results: With respect to the consumption of food sources of tryptophan, pyridoxine and vitamin C, there was evidence of a higher consumption by male students compared to female students, which would represent a disadvantage in the production of serotonin, counteracting oxidative stress and less protection against infections. Regarding the levels of academic stress, 65.5% of the students presented a moderate
level and about 25% a high level, which constitutes a public health problem.
Conclusion: There is a relationship between tryptophan
and pyridoxine consumption and academic stress, with a statistically significant weak and low intensity and no significant correlation was found between the consumption of food sources of vitamin C and stress levels. More than half of the participants had a low consumption of tryptophan, pyridoxine and vitamin C source foods and university students presented 65.5% moderate academic stress and about 25% high academic stress.
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