Powell, Daniel J. H. and Liossi, Christina and Moss-Morris, Rona and Schlotz, Wolff (2013) Unstimulated cortisol secretory activity in everyday life and its relationship with fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: A systematic review and subset meta-analysis. PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 38 (11). pp. 2405-2422. ISSN 0306-4530
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The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis is a psychoneuroendocrine regulator of the stress response and immune system, and dysfunctions have been associated with outcomes in several physical health conditions. Its end product, cortisol, is relevant to fatigue due to its role in energy metabolism. The systematic review examined the relationship between different markers of unstimulated salivary cortisol activity in everyday life in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fatigue assessed in other clinical and general populations. Search terms for the review related to salivary cortisol assessments, everyday life contexts, and fatigue. All eligible studies (n=19) were reviewed narratively in terms of associations between fatigue and assessed cortisol markers, including the cortisol awakening response (CAR), circadian profile (CP) output, and diurnal cortisol slope (DCS). Subset meta-analyses were conducted of case control CFS studies examining group differences in three cortisol outcomes: CAR output; CAR increase; and CP output. Meta-analyses revealed an attenuation of the CAR increase within CFS compared to controls (d = -.34) but no statistically significant differences between groups for other markers. In the narrative review, total cortisol output (CAR or CP) was rarely associated with fatigue in any population; CAR increase and DCS were most relevant. Outcomes reflecting within-day change in cortisol levels (CAR increase; DCS) may be the most relevant to fatigue experience, and future research in this area should report at least one such marker. Results should be considered with caution due to heterogeneity in one meta-analysis and the small number of studies. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; DEXAMETHASONE-SUPPRESSION TEST; LOW-DOSE HYDROCORTISONE; LOW-BACK-PAIN; SALIVARY CORTISOL; RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS; MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS; AMBULATORY ASSESSMENT; GENERAL-POPULATION; PRIMARY-CARE; Fatigue; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Cortisol; HPA axis; Ambulatory assessment; Systematic review; Meta-analysis |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jun 2020 08:21 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jun 2020 08:21 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/15736 |
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