The Cortisol Assessment List (CoAL) A tool to systematically document and evaluate cortisol assessment in blood, urine and saliva.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The reliable assessment of cortisol is a necessary requirement to produce replicable research. Several recommendations to increase cortisol assessment reliability exist. However, cortisol assessment methodology is still rather heterogeneous. For this reason, the Cortisol Assessment List (CoAL) was created.The CoAL can be used to guide researchers during the planning phase and document which measures were taken to increase cortisol data reliability in original studies. Moreover, the CoAL can be used to evaluate data quality in meta research. The items representing strategies to obtain reliable cortisol data can be weighted to indicate which are absolutely necessary to consider and which could be applied less restrictively in order to balance data quality and feasibility.

SUBMITTER: Laufer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9216417 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature