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Stress assessment in acute care department nurses by measuring interleukin‐8
Author(s) -
Fukuda H.,
Ichinose T.,
Kusama T.,
Sakurai R.,
Anndow K.,
Akiyoshi N.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00646.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , acute care , biomarker , nursing , health care , biochemistry , chemistry , economics , economic growth
Background: Cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)‐8, have been shown to be related to depressive symptoms or inflammatory diseases and may be useful as stress biomarkers. Aim: This study was to assess whether urinary IL‐8 levels were reliable indicators of stress among acute care department (AD) nurses. Methods: A total of 118 nurses participated in the study. Urinary IL‐8 levels of 49 AD nurses were compared with levels of a control group of 69 chronic care department (CD) nurses. Results: The urinary IL‐8 levels of AD nurses, who reported a higher level of professional stress, were higher than the levels of CD nurses ( P < 0.01). Conclusion: Measurement of urinary IL‐8 may be an appropriate biomarker for stress assessment in nurses.