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H Fukuda¹, T Ichinose, T Kusama

¹Department of Specialised Nursing, Oita University of Nursing and Health Science, Oita, Japan. fukuda@oita-nhs.ac.jp

International Nursing Review

|January 17, 2009

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.

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