Midday and nadir salivary cortisol appear superior to cortisol awakening response in burnout assessment and monitoring
Autor: | Heidemarie Täuber, Sonja Nistler, Ingrid Priemer, Georg Endler, Lukas Pezawas, Bernhard Meyer, Alexander Pilger, Alexandra Lackner, Evelyne Wohlschläger-Krenn, Helmuth Haslacher, Andrea Mikulits, Selma Nassan-Agha, Thomas Perkmann, Thomas M. Scherzer, Galateja Jordakieva, Claudia Stangelmaier, Franz Ratzinger, Manuela Teufelhart, Elisabeth Ponocny-Seliger, Robert Winker |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Cortisol awakening response Hydrocortisone lcsh:Medicine Burnout Psychological Burnout Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans Circadian rhythm Wakefulness lcsh:Science Saliva Depression (differential diagnoses) Multidisciplinary business.industry lcsh:R Middle Aged medicine.disease Circadian Rhythm 030227 psychiatry Cohort Anxiety lcsh:Q Female medicine.symptom business Biomarkers 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Nadir (topography) Anxiety disorder |
Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2018) |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
Popis: | Burnout and work-related stress symptoms of anxiety disorder and depression cause prolonged work absenteeism and early retirement. Hence, reliable identification of patients under risk and monitoring of treatment success is highly warranted. We aimed to evaluate stress-specific biomarkers in a population-based, “real-world” cohort (burnouts: n = 40, healthy controls: n = 26), recruited at a preventive care ward, at baseline and after a four-month follow up, during which patients received medical and psychological treatment. At baseline, significantly higher levels of salivary cortisol were observed in the burnout group compared to the control group. This was even more pronounced in midday- (p |
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