Elevated diurnal salivary cortisol in nurses is associated with burnout but not with vital exhaustion

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1144-1151

  Wingenfeld, Katja ^a,b   Schulz, Michael ^b   Damkroeger, Annika ^b,c   Rose, Matthias ^a   Driessen, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burnout; Cortisol; Exhaustion; HPA axis; Nurses; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 67650573211     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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