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
Rok vydání: 2018
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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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