Effects of sleep deprivation on serum cortisol level and mental health in servicemen.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of sleep deprivation on serum cortisol level and mental health and explore the correlations between them in servicemen. A total of 149 out of the 207 Chinese servicemen were randomly selected to go through 24hour sleep deprivation, leaving the rest (58) as the control group, before and after which their blood samples were drawn for cortisol measurement. Following the procedure, all the participants were administered the Military Personnel Mental Disorder Prediction Scale, taking the military norm as baseline. The results revealed that the post-deprivation serum cortisol level was positively correlated with the factor score of mania in the sleep deprivation group (rSp=0.415, p<0.001). Sleep deprivation could significantly increase serum cortisol level and may affect mental health in servicemen. The increase of serum cortisol level is significantly related to mania disorder during sleep deprivation.
Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Hong-Tao
HT
Song
Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, PingAn Health Cloud Company Ltd. of China, Shanghai 200051, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: danielsxy@126.com.
Xin-Yang
XY
Sun
Department of Cardiology, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100039, People's Republic of China.
Ting-Shu
TS
Yang
Prevention and Treatment Center for Psychological Diseases, No. 102 Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Changzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: zly102@126.com.
Li-Yi
LY
Zhang
Department of Cardiology, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100039, People's Republic of China.
Jia-Lin
JL
Yang
Department of Cardiology, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100039, People's Republic of China.
Jing
J
Bai
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012372:ROC Curve; D012016:Reference Values; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
D006854:Hydrocortisone
Cortisol; Mania; Mental health; Military Personnel Mental Disorder Prediction Scale; Servicemen; Sleep deprivation