What constitutes too long of a delay? Determining the cortisol awakening response (CAR) using self-report and PSG-assessed wake time

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 460-468

  Okun, Michele L ^a   Krafty, Robert T ^a   Buysse, Daniel J ^a   Monk, Timothy H ^a   Reynolds, Charles F ^a   Begley, Amy ^a   Hall, Martica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Delay; Older adults; PSG; Self report; Sleep

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SELF CARE; SLEEP; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649269959     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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