{"id":7473,"date":"2026-10-09T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/?p=7473"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:04:38","slug":"what-is-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/what-is-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"What stress is: what your body switches on, when it stays on, and what a stress scan measures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<article class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700&#038;display=swap\">\n<style id=\"bp-blog-design\">\n.bp-blog {\n  --bp-ink: #212527; --bp-teal: #005859; --bp-teal-deep: #006B62; --bp-emerald: #228A62;\n  --bp-green: #7CA74D; --bp-lime: #B7CB33; --bp-lime-soft: #B7CB3329; --bp-green-aa: #4F6B28;\n  --bp-beige: #EDEAE5; --bp-sand: #DBD4CB; --bp-pale-teal: #D9E6E6; --bp-white: #FFFFFF;\n  --bp-foot: #6b6b6b;\n  --bp-font: 'Poppins','Segoe UI',Arial,sans-serif;\n  --bp-fs-h1: 40px; --bp-fs-h2: 29px; --bp-fs-h3: 21px; --bp-fs-body: 17px;\n  --bp-fs-lead: 19px; --bp-fs-small: 14px; --bp-fs-foot: 13px; --bp-fs-btn: 17px;\n  --bp-lh-body: 1.75;\n  --bp-s-2: 8px; --bp-s-3: 12px; --bp-s-4: 16px; --bp-s-5: 24px; --bp-s-6: 32px;\n  --bp-s-7: 44px; --bp-s-8: 72px;\n  --bp-measure: 875px; --bp-prose: 875px; --bp-side: 40px; --bp-portrait: 132px;\n  --bp-radius-card: 20px; --bp-radius-btn: 10px; --bp-radius-chip: 999px;\n  --bp-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(0,88,89,0.10); --bp-shadow-soft: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,88,89,0.06);\n  font-family: var(--bp-font); font-size: var(--bp-fs-body); line-height: var(--bp-lh-body);\n  color: var(--bp-ink); background: var(--bp-white); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\n}\n.bp-blog, .bp-blog * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n.bp-blog p, .bp-blog li, .bp-blog h1, .bp-blog h2, .bp-blog h3, .bp-blog a, .bp-blog td,\n.bp-blog th, .bp-blog cite { overflow-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0; }\n.bp-blog h1, .bp-blog h2, .bp-blog h3 { text-wrap: balance; }\n.bp-blog p, .bp-blog li { text-wrap: pretty; }\n\/* WordPress core's flow layout puts 24px above every child after the first; inside\n   a grid or a flex row that is a misalignment (measured on the scan pages 2026-08-21) *\/\n.bp-blog .bp-blog-author > *, .bp-blog .bp-blog-related > *, .bp-blog .bp-blog-verify > * { margin-block: 0; }\n\n\/* --- sections: one column, the article measure, the section rhythm ------------ *\/\n.bp-blog-sec { position: relative; background: var(--bp-white); margin-block: 0;\n  padding-block: var(--bp-s-7);\n  padding-inline: max(var(--bp-side), calc((100% - var(--bp-measure)) \/ 2)); }\n.bp-blog-sec > *:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }\n.bp-blog-sec > p, .bp-blog-sec > ul, .bp-blog-sec > ol, .bp-blog-sec > .wp-block-quote,\n.bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-faq-item, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-takeaways, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-toc,\n.bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-refs, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-srclead { max-width: var(--bp-prose); }\n.bp-blog-sec--head { padding-block: var(--bp-s-7) 0; }\n.bp-blog-sec--body { padding-block: var(--bp-s-6) var(--bp-s-7); }\n.bp-blog-sec--beige { background: var(--bp-beige); }\n.bp-blog-sec--wash { background: linear-gradient(180deg, #B7CB331A 0%, #B7CB330D 100%), #FFFFFF; }\n.bp-blog-sec--tight { padding-block: var(--bp-s-6); }\n\/* A COLOURED SECTION IS A PANEL, so it carries the panel radius. 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The scan does not point to a cause. It is not a diagnosis.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-toc is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-toclabel wp-block-paragraph\">Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-is-stress-precies\">What stress is exactly<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#de-signalen-waarmee-de-huisarts-werkt\">The signals your GP works with<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-is-gezonde-stress-en-wat-is-chronische-stress\">What healthy stress is and what chronic stress is<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-is-een-stress-hart-wat-lange-spanning-met-het-hart-doet\">What a stress heart is: what long-term tension does to the heart<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-een-stress-scan-meet-en-wat-de-scan-niet-meet\">What a stress scan measures, and what the scan does not measure<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-je-doet-met-spanning-die-blijft\">What you do about tension that stays<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#samengevat\">In summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-is-stress-precies\">What stress is exactly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-lead wp-block-paragraph\">In this article you read the answer to the question what is stress: what your body switches on under tension, when short tension becomes long tension, which signals your GP works with, what long tension does to the heart and to the rest of your body, and what a stress scan can and cannot measure. That matters, because one word covers two different things, a switch that helps you through a hard hour and a load that builds up over months, and only that load eventually brings people to the GP. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/stress-test\/\">The BioProfile stress scan<\/a> measures how much tension you are carrying now and gives you an indication of where you stand today in this area, as one of the 11 health areas that the full scan assesses. This is not a diagnosis. It is insight, to see where you stand today, and to help you make better choices in your food and lifestyle. What this scan does not do: point to a cause. What is going on is for a doctor to name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-verify bp-blog-verify--top is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-sonia-sanz-munoz.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of Sonia Sanz Mu\u00f1oz\" class=\"wp-image-6217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-sonia-sanz-munoz.webp 800w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-sonia-sanz-munoz-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-sonia-sanz-munoz-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-name wp-block-paragraph\">Verified by <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/experts\/sonia-sanz-munoz\/\">Sonia Sanz Mu\u00f1oz, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-cred wp-block-paragraph\">PhD from the University of Wollongong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-date wp-block-paragraph\">Checked on 6 October 2026<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research word for that switch is allostasis: the body reaches stability by turning the stress systems on. The word for the bill is allostatic load, or overload, the wear on body and brain when those same mediators stay on too long.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> In plain words: the response itself is normal and useful. The problem starts where the off switch is never used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dutch patient information says the same thing without the biology. Thuisarts.nl (NHG) defines the state that stress causes in one sentence: &#8216;You become overstrained when you have a lot of tension in your life and you cannot cope with it well.&#8217;\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"de-signalen-waarmee-de-huisarts-werkt\">The signals your GP works with<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thuisarts.nl draws the line at 3 or more complaints from one list: feeling tired, sleeping badly, getting irritated quickly, not being able to handle noise or crowds, crying often, worrying a lot, feeling rushed, finding it hard to concentrate and remember, plus physical complaints such as headache, dizziness, chest pain, palpitations and stomach complaints. On top of that comes the feeling that you have lost your grip and can no longer manage your daily tasks: work, the household, contact with others.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> That combination, and not one bad week, is what Dutch primary care calls overstrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long tension also feeds itself through behaviour. Chronic stress goes together with sleeping less, eating worse, moving less and using more alcohol, tobacco or other substances.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> Each of those adds to the same load, and that is why the list of signals and the list of habits usually grow together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-is-gezonde-stress-en-wat-is-chronische-stress\">What is healthy stress and what is chronic stress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Short tension is not the enemy. In 21,501 adults aged 18 to 70 in the Netherlands, occasional work stress even went together with slightly less type 2 diabetes (adjusted prevalence ratio 0.82; 95% CI 0.75 to 0.93).\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> Regular stress at home went the other way in the same group (1.15; 1.03 to 1.28), and major life events in the 12 months before went together with 1.22 (1.03 to 1.41) in the group as a whole and with 1.48 (1.21 to 1.76) in the group of Dutch origin.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> Read simply: a demand that passes looks different from a demand that never goes away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chronic stress is the kind with a clock on it. Thuisarts.nl marks burnout with a duration: &#8216;You have been tired and exhausted from the tension in your life for longer than 6 months.&#8217;\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup> What that long load does has been checked across 267 original studies: allostatic load and allostatic overload go together with poorer physical and mental outcomes, in samples from the general population just as much as in clinical ones.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> In the brain, chronic stress makes the dendrites in the hippocampus and the medial prefrontal cortex shrink, while the dendrites in the amygdala grow larger, changes that go together with more anxiety and with weaker thinking and remembering.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> That is the honest version of a head full of cotton wool: it has a shape in the tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutch figures show how ordinary this is. In 2025, 20.7 per cent of employees aged 15 to 74 had burnout complaints, 18.0 per cent of men and 23.5 per cent of women, with a peak of 28.2 per cent at 25 to 34 years and a low of 8.5 per cent at 65 to 74; among self-employed people the figure was 11.8 per cent.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> Sick leave follows: 8.8 per cent of the most recent absence among employees who were ill at least once in the past 12 months was caused in 2025 by mental health complaints, overstrain or burnout, against 5.7 per cent in 2014.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-is-een-stress-hart-wat-lange-spanning-met-het-hart-doet\">What is a stress heart: what long-lasting tension does to your heart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The largest measurement of tension at work and the heart pooled 197,473 employees without coronary heart disease from 13 European cohorts, including the Netherlands; 30,214 of them, 15 per cent, reported job strain. Across 1.49 million person-years, on average 7.5 years, there were 2,358 new events of coronary heart disease, and the hazard ratio for job strain was 1.23 (95% CI 1.10 to 1.37). The population attributable risk was 3.4 per cent.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup> In plain words: a modest step up in risk for the individual, and a small slice of all heart disease at the level of a country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of that runs through the rest of your life. In 47,045 men and women, work pressure went together with diabetes (odds ratio 1.29; 1.11 to 1.51), physical inactivity (1.34; 1.26 to 1.41), smoking (1.14; 1.08 to 1.20), obesity (1.12; 1.04 to 1.20) and a Framingham Risk Score of 20 per cent or more (1.13; 1.03 to 1.25), while blood pressure and blood lipids showed no association.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">9<\/a><\/sup> So the heart story is less about the blood pressure cuff on a tense day and more about the habits a tense year builds up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heartbeat itself also carries a signal. A meta-analysis and review of 37 studies found that heart rate variability changes under stress, most often as low parasympathetic activity: the high frequency band goes down and the low frequency band goes up. The authors conclude that heart rate variability has enough neurobiological grounding to serve as an objective measure of mental health and stress, and that this measure is linked to the appraisal of threat in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-een-stress-scan-meet-en-wat-de-scan-niet-meet\">What a stress scan measures, and what the scan does not measure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same review of 267 studies that described the load also said how to weigh it: assess the accumulated stress load with an integrated approach, biological markers together with clinimetric criteria.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> A questionnaire is one half of that. The stress scan asks about the past two weeks and converts your answers into a score, with the range the score falls in, so you have a number instead of an impression your memory flattens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What questions cannot do is name the cause of the tension. Money, a job, a loss, poor sleep and a low mood all read the same in a list of answers. The scan is a picture of your load and a starting value. It is not a diagnosis, and only a doctor can tell you what is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-je-doet-met-spanning-die-blijft\">What you do with tension that stays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The load drops when the systems that switched on are allowed to switch off again, because staying on is what does the wear.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> Thuisarts.nl names the first step simply: &#8216;Talk about it, including with your GP or practice nurse.&#8217;\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go to your GP if you think you are overstrained. Your GP goes through it with you in one or more consultations, sometimes with questionnaires, and may ask your partner or a family member to come along. If the symptoms last longer than 6 months and the exhaustion is the main feature, that points to burnout rather than overstrain.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"samengevat\">In summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stress is your body switching on its systems to meet a demand, and the load is what stays behind when those systems never switch off.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> Dutch primary care recognises the state as overstrain when you have 3 or more complaints from one list plus the feeling that you are losing your grip, and marks burn-out beyond 6 months of exhaustion.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup> Short-lived tension can pass without a trace, while long-lasting tension shows up in your heart figures, in the habits around it and in the national figures.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">9<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> A stress scan gives you one number for how much of it you are carrying today, and a starting value to repeat. It is not a diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-cta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See where you start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A short set of questions about the past two weeks, about three minutes, and your stress score is in your dashboard. What the stress scan measures and what the scan is based on is on the scan page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/stress-test\/\">Start the stress scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-ctamicro wp-block-paragraph\">Free, about 3 minutes. An analysis of your answers, never a diagnosis. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/free-health-check-tests\/\">All health scans<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--wash is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the definition of stress?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In patient language, Thuisarts.nl (NHG) defines the state that stress leads to like this: &#8216;You become overstrained when you have a lot of tension in your life and you cannot cope with it well.&#8217;\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> In research language, stress is the body switching the stress systems on to stay stable under a demand, and that is called allostasis.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What exactly are the signs of stress?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thuisarts.nl works with 3 or more complaints from one list: feeling tired, sleeping badly, getting irritated quickly, not being able to handle noise or crowds, crying often, worrying a lot, feeling rushed, finding it hard to concentrate and remember, plus physical complaints such as headache, dizziness, chest pain, palpitations and stomach complaints. On top of that comes the feeling that you have lost your grip and that work, the household and contact with others no longer work.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What types of stress are there?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The useful split is short against long. Short-term tension switches the systems on and lets them go off again.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> In a Dutch study of 21,501 adults, occasional work stress even went together with slightly less type 2 diabetes (adjusted prevalence ratio 0.82; 95% CI 0.75 to 0.93).\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> Long-term tension is the other kind: Thuisarts.nl marks burnout as being tired and exhausted from the tension in your life for longer than 6 months.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you get stress out of your body?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The load drops when the systems that were on are allowed to switch off again, because staying on is what does the wear.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> Long-term stress also drives the habits that add to the load: sleeping less, eating worse, moving less and using more alcohol, tobacco or other substances.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> Thuisarts.nl gives the first step in plain words: &#8216;Talk about it, including with your GP or practice nurse.&#8217;\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When should I see my GP about stress?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thuisarts.nl advises you to contact your GP if you think you are overstrained. The GP goes through it with you in one or more conversations, sometimes with questionnaires, and may ask you to bring a partner or a family member along. Complaints that last longer than 6 months with exhaustion in the foreground point to burn-out rather than overstrain.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the stress scan a stress test?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scan measures how much tension you carry with you, in your own answers, and gives you a baseline you can repeat. In research the objective counterpart is heart rate variability, which a meta-analysis of 37 studies judged to have enough neurobiological grounding to serve as a measure of mental health and stress.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup> The scan is self-insight. It is not a diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--beige bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bronnen\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-srclead wp-block-paragraph\">Every source below was checked on the day this article was published. The numbering follows the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list bp-blog-refs\">\n\n<li>Thuisarts.nl (NHG). Ik ben overspannen. Accessed 30 September 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/overspannen\/ik-ben-overspannen\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>McEwen BS. Neurobiological and Systemic Effects of Chronic Stress. Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks), 2017;1:2470547017692328. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/2470547017692328\">doi.org\/10.1177\/2470547017692328<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Guidi J, Lucente M, Sonino N, Fava GA. Allostatic Load and Its Impact on Health: A Systematic Review. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2021;90(1):11-27. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1159\/000510696\">doi.org\/10.1159\/000510696<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>RIVM. Monitor Mentale gezondheid en Middelengebruik: Burn-out klachten (Nationale Enquete Arbeidsomstandigheden, CBS en TNO, Utrechtse Burnout Schaal). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivm.nl\/mentale-gezondheid\/monitor\/werkenden\/burn-out-klachten\">rivm.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>RIVM. Monitor Mental Health and Substance Use: Sickness absence rate due to psychological complaints, overstrain or burn-out (Netherlands Working Conditions Survey, CBS and TNO). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivm.nl\/mentale-gezondheid\/monitor\/gevolgen-mentale-ongezondheid\/ziekteverzuimpercentage\">rivm.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Del Carlo Goncalves D, et al. Impact of psychosocial stressors on type 2 diabetes among migrants and non-migrants in The Netherlands: The HELIUS study. Journal of Migration and Health, 2025;11:100330. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jmh.2025.100330\">doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jmh.2025.100330<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Thuisarts.nl (NHG). Burn-out: wat is het, hoe kom je eruit? Accessed 30 September 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/burn-out\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Kivimaki M, Nyberg ST, Batty GD, et al. Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet, 2012;380(9852):1491-1497. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(12)60994-5\">doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(12)60994-5<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Nyberg ST, Fransson EI, Heikkila K, et al. Job Strain and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Meta-Analysis of Individual-Participant Data from 47,000 Men and Women. PLoS ONE, 2013;8(6):e67323. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0067323\">doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0067323<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Kim HG, Cheon EJ, Bai DS, Lee YH, Koo BH. Stress and Heart Rate Variability: A Meta-Analysis and Review of the Literature. Psychiatry Investigation, 2018;15(3):235-245. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.30773\/pi.2017.08.17\">doi.org\/10.30773\/pi.2017.08.17<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written by<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-author is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse van der Velde\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorrole wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of BioProfile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorname wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorbody is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorbio wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde has been guiding people to a new body and optimal health since 2006, and has written or co-written fifteen books on nutrition and health. 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