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Measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair
PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to investigate (1) the concurrent relationship between short-term and long-term stress reactivity measured by cortisol excretion and (2) the relationship of these physiological stress effects with self-reported stress and need for recovery after work (NFR). METHO...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22183048 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-011-0727-3 |
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author | van Holland, Berry J. Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W. Sluiter, Judith K. |
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description | PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to investigate (1) the concurrent relationship between short-term and long-term stress reactivity measured by cortisol excretion and (2) the relationship of these physiological stress effects with self-reported stress and need for recovery after work (NFR). METHODS: Participants were production workers in the meat-processing industry. Short-term cortisol excretion was calculated by summing 18 saliva samples, sampled over a 3-day period. Samples were delivered by 37 participants. Twenty-nine of them also supplied one hair sample of at least 3 cm in length for an analysis of long-term (3 months) cortisol excretion. All of them filled in a short questionnaire on self-reported stress and NFR. Self-reported stress was assessed by a three-item stress screener; NFR was assessed by an 11-item scale. RESULTS: Short-term and long-term cortisol excretion are significantly, but moderately, associated (r = 0.41, P = 0.03). Short-term and long-term cortisol excretion correlated weakly to self-reported stress and NFR (correlations varied from −0.04 to 0.21). CONCLUSIONS: Short-term and long-term physiological stress excretion levels are moderately associated. Physiological stress effects assessed from saliva and hair cannot be used interchangeably with self-reported stress because they only correlate weakly. To better predict long-term cortisol excretion in workers, the predictive value of short-term cortisol excretion must be evaluated in a prognostic longitudinal study in a working population. |
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spelling | pubmed-34805792012-11-01 Measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair van Holland, Berry J. Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W. Sluiter, Judith K. Int Arch Occup Environ Health Original Article PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to investigate (1) the concurrent relationship between short-term and long-term stress reactivity measured by cortisol excretion and (2) the relationship of these physiological stress effects with self-reported stress and need for recovery after work (NFR). METHODS: Participants were production workers in the meat-processing industry. Short-term cortisol excretion was calculated by summing 18 saliva samples, sampled over a 3-day period. Samples were delivered by 37 participants. Twenty-nine of them also supplied one hair sample of at least 3 cm in length for an analysis of long-term (3 months) cortisol excretion. All of them filled in a short questionnaire on self-reported stress and NFR. Self-reported stress was assessed by a three-item stress screener; NFR was assessed by an 11-item scale. RESULTS: Short-term and long-term cortisol excretion are significantly, but moderately, associated (r = 0.41, P = 0.03). Short-term and long-term cortisol excretion correlated weakly to self-reported stress and NFR (correlations varied from −0.04 to 0.21). CONCLUSIONS: Short-term and long-term physiological stress excretion levels are moderately associated. Physiological stress effects assessed from saliva and hair cannot be used interchangeably with self-reported stress because they only correlate weakly. To better predict long-term cortisol excretion in workers, the predictive value of short-term cortisol excretion must be evaluated in a prognostic longitudinal study in a working population. Springer-Verlag 2011-12-20 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3480579/ /pubmed/22183048 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-011-0727-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article van Holland, Berry J. Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W. Sluiter, Judith K. Measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair |
title | Measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair |
title_full | Measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair |
title_fullStr | Measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair |
title_full_unstemmed | Measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair |
title_short | Measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair |
title_sort | measuring short-term and long-term physiological stress effects by cortisol reactivity in saliva and hair |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22183048 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-011-0727-3 |
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