For “contact” condition, post-examination salivary cortisol concen- trations (Mdn = 4.53) did not show any significant changes to pre- examination values (Mdn = 5.31), (Z = −0.663, p = 0.508, r = 0.15). Similarly, considering “non-contact” condition, no signifi- cant differences were detected between post (Mdn = 4.37) and pre- examination (Mdn = 6.37) salivary cortisol concentrations (Z = −1.376, p = 0.169, r = 0.31).