A longitudinal study on cortisol and complaint reduction in burnout

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 793-804

  Mommersteeg, Paula M C ^a   Heijnen, Cobi J ^b   Verbraak, Marc J P M ^c   van Doornen, Lorenz J P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c HSK group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Cortisol; Dexamethasone suppression test; Longitudinal; Multilevel; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33745234820     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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