Gabriela Vidal Humán, Miguel Castro Mattos, María Sánchez Charcape, Elizabeth García Pérez, Christopher Rosas Choo, Anibal Gustavo Yllesca Ramos, David León León Lizama, Yuliana Gomez Rutti
Introducción: Existen diversos alimentos que tienen nutrientes cuya función es evitar el estrés como es el caso del triptófano, piridoxina y vitamina C.
Objetivo: Identificar la relación entre el consumo de alimentos con contenido de triptófano, piridoxina, vitamina C y los niveles de estrés académico en universitarios, Lima-Perú.
Métodos: El método fue lógico-deductivo de enfoque cuantitativo, nivel correlacional, tipo básico, diseño no experimental, con la participación de 513 estudiantes universitarios con edad media de 24 años (DE = 7,2). Completaron el cuestionario diseñado de Consumo de alimentos con contenido de triptófano, piridoxina y vitamina C, el cual tiene 59 ítems, mientras que el cuestionario de estrés académico fue el DASS-21 que consta de 21 preguntas teniendo como dimensiones: estresores, síntomas y estrategias, cada uno con 7 preguntas.
Resultados: Con respecto al consumo de nutrientes como el triptófano, piridoxina y vitamina C se evidenció un mayor consumo por los estudiantes del género masculino con respecto a los del género femenino, lo cual representaría una desventaja en la producción de serotonina, contrarrestar el estrés oxidativo y menor protección contra las infecciones. Respecto a los niveles de estrés académico el 65.5% de los estudiantes presentaron nivel moderado y cerca del 25 % nivel alto, lo cual constituye un problema de salud pública.
Conclusión: Existe relación entre el consumo de triptófano y piridoxina con el estrés académico y se observó una correlación estadísticamente significativa débil y de baja intensidad respectivamente (0,028; 0,011), y no se encontró una correlación significativa entre el consumo de alimentos ricos en vitamina C y los niveles de estrés (0,771). Se halló que más de la mitad de los participantes mostró un bajo consumo de alimentos ricos en triptófano, piridoxina y vitamina C y los estudiantes universitarios presentaron en un 65,5% estrés académico moderado y cerca de un 25% alto.
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.
Academic stress is a state of mental tension that university students face during the academic stage due to the demands and responsibilities they exercise in university life, and there is a need for the diet they consume to be varied in nutrients.
Objective: To identify the relationship between the consumption of food sources of tryptophan, pyridoxine and vitamin C and the levels of academic stress in Peruvian university students.
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. It is an instrument used in various investigations and has a reliability level of Cronbach’s alpha 0.91.
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 correlation, respectively (0.028; 0.011), and no significant correlation was found between the consumption of food sources of vitamin C and stress levels (0.771). It was found that 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.