Stressed at Work: Investigating the Relationship between Occupational Stress and Salivary Cortisol Fluctuations.

ABSTRACT: Chronic stress has been associated with a range of health disparities, but examination of occupational stress, especially in the wake of COVID-19, has been minimal for many careers. A novel methodology involving work stress diaries and collection of salivary cortisol was employed to determine correlations between occupations, occupational stressors, and how well these are related to the physiological response to stress exposure, the release of cortisol. While cortisol levels tended to follow typical circadian rhythm based on sampling times, cortisol levels also followed the subjective stress levels listed in the work stress diaries following linear regression analysis using the pooled study population data (p = 0.042). When comparing the stressors between the studied careers, partic

SUBMITTER: Gerding T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9564551 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature