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The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review

OBJECTIVES: Workplace‐based selective prevention of mental health problems currently relies on subjective evaluation of stress complaints. Hair cortisol captures chronic stress responses and could be a promising biomarker for the early identification of mental health problems. The objective was to p...

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Autores principales: Schaafsma, Frederieke G., Hulsegge, Gerben, de Jong, Merel A., Overvliet, Joyce, van Rossum, Elisabeth F. C., Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7797775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33426766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12189
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author Schaafsma, Frederieke G.
Hulsegge, Gerben
de Jong, Merel A.
Overvliet, Joyce
van Rossum, Elisabeth F. C.
Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen
author_facet Schaafsma, Frederieke G.
Hulsegge, Gerben
de Jong, Merel A.
Overvliet, Joyce
van Rossum, Elisabeth F. C.
Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen
author_sort Schaafsma, Frederieke G.
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description OBJECTIVES: Workplace‐based selective prevention of mental health problems currently relies on subjective evaluation of stress complaints. Hair cortisol captures chronic stress responses and could be a promising biomarker for the early identification of mental health problems. The objective was to provide an overview of the state‐of‐the‐art knowledge on the practical value of hair cortisol in the occupational setting. METHODS: We performed a scoping review of cross‐sectional and longitudinal studies in PubMed, Embase, and PsycINFO up to November 2019 assessing the relations of hair cortisol with work‐related stressors, perceived stress, and mental health outcomes in healthy workers. RESULTS: We found five longitudinal studies, of which two observed an increase in work‐related stressors to be associated with higher hair cortisol, one found a relation with lower hair cortisol and one did not find a relationship. Findings of cross‐sectional studies were also mixed. The one available longitudinal study regarding mental health showed that hair cortisol was not related to depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Hair cortisol measurement within occupational health research is still in its early stage and more longitudinal studies are urgently needed to clarify its relationship with work‐related stressors and perceived stress before hair cortisol can be used to identify workers at risk for mental health problems.
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spelling pubmed-77977752021-01-15 The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review Schaafsma, Frederieke G. Hulsegge, Gerben de Jong, Merel A. Overvliet, Joyce van Rossum, Elisabeth F. C. Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen J Occup Health Review Articles OBJECTIVES: Workplace‐based selective prevention of mental health problems currently relies on subjective evaluation of stress complaints. Hair cortisol captures chronic stress responses and could be a promising biomarker for the early identification of mental health problems. The objective was to provide an overview of the state‐of‐the‐art knowledge on the practical value of hair cortisol in the occupational setting. METHODS: We performed a scoping review of cross‐sectional and longitudinal studies in PubMed, Embase, and PsycINFO up to November 2019 assessing the relations of hair cortisol with work‐related stressors, perceived stress, and mental health outcomes in healthy workers. RESULTS: We found five longitudinal studies, of which two observed an increase in work‐related stressors to be associated with higher hair cortisol, one found a relation with lower hair cortisol and one did not find a relationship. Findings of cross‐sectional studies were also mixed. The one available longitudinal study regarding mental health showed that hair cortisol was not related to depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Hair cortisol measurement within occupational health research is still in its early stage and more longitudinal studies are urgently needed to clarify its relationship with work‐related stressors and perceived stress before hair cortisol can be used to identify workers at risk for mental health problems. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7797775/ /pubmed/33426766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12189 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Occupational Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japan Society for Occupational Health This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Schaafsma, Frederieke G.
Hulsegge, Gerben
de Jong, Merel A.
Overvliet, Joyce
van Rossum, Elisabeth F. C.
Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen
The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review
title The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review
title_full The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review
title_fullStr The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review
title_full_unstemmed The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review
title_short The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review
title_sort potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review
topic Review Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7797775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33426766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12189
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