Can Morning Rise in Salivary Cortisol Be a Biological Parameter in an Occupational Rehabilitation Clinic? A Feasibility Study

Table 1

Saliva cortisol nmol/L (mean value and standard deviation) in the beginning and end of a rehabilitation program.

	Start	End	Sig.
At awakening	3.58 (2.21)	5.33 (4.53)	0.07
30 minutes after wakeup	10.29 (5.81)	8.07 (4.35)	0.25
Evening	0.75 (.48)	1.46 (2.23)	0.19
CARi	6.71 (4.86)	2.74 (5.61)	0.09
Slope high	9.54 (5.51)	6.60 (5.58)	0.18
Slope low	2.84 (2.11)	3.86 (4.65)	0.32

CARi: cortisol awakening response, increase from awakening time to 30 min after.