ISSN : 1738-4125(Print)
ISSN : 2287-7509(Online)
ISSN : 2287-7509(Online)
소방관의 타액 코티졸과 혈청 코티졸 농도의 상관성
The correlation between salivary and serum cortisol concentrations in fire fighters
Abstract
This studies were measure the cortisol from salivary and serum of fire-fighters, who are relatively alwaysexposed to highly dangerous and unsafe working conditions in which they should bring a fire under controlor rescue people in danger situations et cetera, therefore both physically and mentally stressed-out, andcomparatively analyzed the correlation between the two cortisol levels. The salivary and serum samples of133 active fire fighters. These were collected at 8:30am, when leaving for work. The salivary cortisolanalysis was carried out with enzyme immunoassay, and the serum cortisol analysis utilizedchemiluminescence immunoassay. On the morning of testing, the salivary cortisol concentration was1.92±0.73(0.51~5.85)㎍/㎗, while the cortisol concentration of serum was 14.93±4.23(4.45~25.85)㎍/㎗.Results were grouped according to ages, smoking, drinking habit, and duty type. Higher smoking and drinkingproduced a statistically significant increase in salivary and serum cortisol concentration. Cortisolconcentrations according to type or duty followed by emergency rescue, fire suppression, rescue,miscellaneous. There is a statistically significant correlation between salivary and serum cortisolconcentrations. The results show that a significant correlation between salivary and serum cortisolconcentrations exists in fire fighters. It is judged that noninvasive methods salivary cortisol could be used inplace of serum cortisol to measure cortisol levels when considering factors such as convenience of samplecollection and cost.
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