01715nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002700118653001200145653001500157653003300172100002700205700003000232700002200262245011100284300000900395490000700404520105800411022001401469020001401483       2010                            d  c01/2010bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aanxious symptomatology10aarticle10aDepression10ajoint hypermobility syndrome1 aCarolina Baeza Velasco1 aAntonio Bulbena Vilarrasa1 aJaime Bravo Silva00aAnxious symptomatology and joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) in a group of Chilean undergraduate students  a1-120 v163 aObejective: To test the relationship between anxiety, joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) and other associated variables, and identify physical and psychological variables that distinguish individuals with and without JHS. Method: One hundred undergraduate students were assessed using the following instruments: Brighton s criteria for JHS, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a questionnaire of neuropsychosomatic affections (ALPIN) and a questionnaire of anxiety disorders. Results: Anxiety scores measured by the HADS and STAI (state scale) were significantly higher among participants with JHS. A set of physical and psychological variables turned out to be statistically significant when distinguishing students with or without JHS. Conclusions: Participants with JHS reported relatively higher levels of anxiety than those without JHS in this study. We suggest it is possible to detect the presence of JHS by assessing physical and psychopathological symptoms.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437