The Role of Saliva Cortisol Measurement in Health and Disease

• Otros Autores: Kristenson, Margareta (Editor), Garvin, Peter (Editor), Lundberg, Ulf (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2012
• Materias: Endocrinology; Stress research; Psychoneuroendocrinology; Psychoneuroimmunology; Psychology; Work environmental medicine; Cardiovascular disease; Salivary Cortisol
• Acceso en línea: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Sumario

This e-book is based on a critical evaluation of existing literature on salivary cortisol, aiming to evaluate the utility of salivary cortisol as a biomarker in various settings. It focuses on how different ways of evaluating levels of salivary cortisol may have an impact on the interpretation of cortisol measurements in various contexts. This e-book focuses on salivary cortisol in relation to the following topics: psychosocial work environment (effort reward imbalance and job demand vs control model), psychosocial resources (mastery, perceived control, sense of coherence), psychosocial risk factors (perceived stress, depression, vital exhaustion, burn-out), sleep quality, biological markers (bodily factors, cardiovascular risk factors, inflammation and metabolism) and somatic outcome. This ebook should serve as a reference for studies planned to adopt cortisol as an assessment tool.

Descripción Física

1 electronic resource (213 p.)

ISBN

97816080534211120101
9781608053421
9781608050710

Acceso

Open Access