A clinical allostatic load index is associated with burnout symptoms and hypocortisolemic profiles in healthy workers

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 797-805

  Juster, Robert Paul ^a,c   Sindi, Shireen ^a,c   Marin, Marie France ^a,b   Perna, Andrea ^a   Hashemi, Alireza ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^d   Lupien, Sonia J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amylase; Allostatic load; Burnout; Chronic stress; Cortisol; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; AMYLASE SALIVA LEVEL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; HYPOCORTISOLEMIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; JOB STRESS; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SYMPTOM; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INDOLES; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PANCREATIC ALPHA-AMYLASES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 79956334099     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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