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Pni Biomarkers And Health Outcomes In College Women, Shih-Yu Lee, Mugdha Vasireddi, Yuping Chen, Yong Tai Wang, Julia Hilliard
Pni Biomarkers And Health Outcomes In College Women, Shih-Yu Lee, Mugdha Vasireddi, Yuping Chen, Yong Tai Wang, Julia Hilliard
Physical Therapy Faculty Publications
Sleep disturbance has been found to trigger a stress response with a subsequent activation of the psychoneuroimmunological (PNI) pathway associated with adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to assess the association among selected PNI biomarkers, sleep disturbances, and adverse health outcomes (depressive symptoms, physical symptoms). A stratified, quota sample (14 poor sleepers and 15 good sleepers) was drawn from a pool of healthy college women from a larger scale of study. The participants reported their sleep, stress, depressive, and physical symptoms. Wrist actigraphy was used to collect objective sleep data, and the Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay was used to assess PNI …