Habitual sleep–wake behaviors and lifestyle as predictors of diurnal cortisol patterns in young breast cancer survivors: A longitudinal study

The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion

“…Depression can reduce the body's immune function, slow down physical activity, decrease work and living capacity, and delay recovery from chronic diseases (Sun, 2008). To date, research investigating sleep patterns has mostly concentrated on children and adolescents, given that sleep is known to play an important role in the development of children's growth, cognition, emotion and behaviour, as well as immune system regulation (Hsiao et al, 2015). The extent to which shift workers are affected by their work schedules may be influenced by their unique preferred sleep pattern.…”

“…The majority of the population falls between these two extremes (Riedy et al, 2017). To date, research investigating sleep patterns has mostly concentrated on children and adolescents, given that sleep is known to play an important role in the development of children's growth, cognition, emotion and behaviour, as well as immune system regulation (Hsiao et al, 2015). However, sleep pattern also has an important influence on adult wellbeing and function with those exhibiting an eveningtype pattern particularly at risk of lower wellbeing (Gulec et al, 2013).…”

Sleep Disturbances in Patients With Advanced Cancer in Different Palliative Care Settings

“…27 Sleep disorders are often associated with pathological patterns of cortisol secretion, which are known to significantly inhibit the immune system. 28,29 The use of these drugs may modify the hormonal status and, as a consequence, produce sleep disturbances. In a study performed in a smaller number of patients with a short survival, the use of corticosteroids did not produce more risk for insomnia development.…”

Routine Support to Parents and Stressors in Everyday Domains: Associations With Negative Affect and Cortisol

“…Background characteristics.-Characteristics such as age (coded in years), marital status (0 = not married; 1 = married), female (0 = men; 1 = women), and work status (0 = currently not working; 1 = working or studying) were also used as covariates in the analyses. During the saliva collection, participants reported on a variety of confounders that are known to affect cortisol activity (Hsiao et al, 2015;Kumari, Chandola, Brunner, & Kivimaki, 2010). Specifically, in this paper we controlled for difference from average waking time (i.e., wake-up time later than usual), where a higher value denotes waking up later than usual and body mass index.…”