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Aardal-Eriksson, ElisabethLinköpings universitet,Klinisk kemi,Hälsouniversitetet
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Pre-trauma Salivary Cortisol Levels and General Health Ratings in Relation to Post-trauma Changes in Cortisol and Psychological Distress after UN-service in Bosnia
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:liu-80134
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-80134URI
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Language:English
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Summary in:English
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Subject category:vet swepub-contenttype
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Subject category:ovr swepub-publicationtype
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Background: The psychobiology of post-traumatic distress is known to some extent, however the pre-trauma psychobiology is not. The aims of the present study were to relate pre- and post-trauma salivary cortisol levels and general health to post-traumatic distress in a Swedish UN-battalion in Bosnia.Methods: Salivary 8 AM and I 0 PM cortisol levels and "General Health Questionnaire" ratings were collected from 145 subjects before the six months' mission, at return and two and six months after mission. During follow-up, the ratings were extended by the "Impact of Events Scale" (IES) and "Post Traumatic Symptom Scale".Results: Low pre-trauma morning and evening salivary cortisol levels were statistically significantly related to high scores in all rating scales six months after mission and to increasing IES scores during follow-up. Low morning and high evening post-trauma salivary cortisol levels were related to high ratings of psychological distress six months after missionConclusions: Pre-trauma salivary cortisol levels seem to be related to posttrauma psychological distress, however not to the extent that salivary cortisol levels in a simple way could be used for predictive screening.
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Saliva
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cortisol
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relation to
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rating scales
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traumatic stress
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UN-soldiers
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MEDICINE
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MEDICIN
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Eriksson, Thomas E.Linköpings universitet,Psykiatri,Hälsouniversitetet(Swepub:liu)thoer41
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Thorell, Lars-HåkanLinköpings universitet,Psykiatri,Hälsouniversitetet(Swepub:liu)larth63
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Linköpings universitetKlinisk kemi
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