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Feasibility of Hair Collection for Cortisol Measurement in Population Research on Adolescent Health.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The association between adversity and hair cortisol levels in humans: A meta-analysis.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2019Pooled it
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- Sociodemographic factors are related to hair sample collection in economically marginalized families.Future science OA · 2024Article
- Hair cortisol sampling as a measure of physiological stress in youth with acute musculoskeletal pain.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
- Recruitment and retention of adolescents for an ecological momentary assessment measurement burst mental health study: The MHIM engagement strategy.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Willingness to provide a hair sample for drug testing: results from an anonymous multi-city intercept survey.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2024Article
- On the complex relationship between resilience and hair cortisol levels in adolescence despite parental physical abuse: a fourth wave of resilience research.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Cortisol in deciduous tooth tissues: A potential metric for assessing stress exposure in archaeological and living populations.International journal of paleopathology · 2023Article
- On the challenges of hair testing to detect underreported substance use in research settings.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2023Article
- Recruitment and Feasibility of Hair Cortisol Collection in a Sample of Ethnically and Sexually Diverse, Low-Income Adults: A Qualitative Community-Partnered Participatory Research Study.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2023Article
- The implications of socioeconomic factors on salivary bioscience methodological variables in a large pediatric multi-site study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Impact of hair type, hair sample weight, external hair exposures, and race on cumulative hair cortisol.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022Article
- Hair sampling for cortisol analysis with mother-toddler dyads living in low-income homes.Infant behavior & development · 2020Article
- Acceptability and Feasibility of Hair and Salivary Biomarker Collection Among Multiethnic School-Age Children.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- Participant-Centered Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Biospecimen Collection among Spanish-Speaking Latina Breast Cancer Survivors.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2020Article
- Minimally-invasive methods for examining biological changes in response to chronic stress: A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies · 2020Article
- Hair cortisol and depressive symptoms in youth: An investigation of curvilinear relationships.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2019Article
- Attention, Externalizing, and Internalizing Problems of Youth Exposed to Parental Incarceration.Issues in mental health nursing · 2019Observational
- Willingness to provide a hair sample for drug testing among electronic dance music party attendees.Substance abuse · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundBlack-White disparities in adolescent health are widespread and thought to be explained, in part, by exposure to chronic stress. Cortisol assayed from hair is increasingly recognized as a valid and reliable measure for chronic physiological stress, but the feasibility of collecting hair among large probability samples of diverse adolescents is unknown. PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to investigate participation in hair collection for cortisol analyses in a probability sample of racially and socioeconomically diverse adolescents, including the extent to which sociodemographic factors and adverse exposures were associated with participation.
methodsThe study included a probability sample of 516 adolescents conducted in conjunction with a prospective cohort study on adolescent health. Data were collected over 1 week via in-home interviews, ecological momentary assessment, global positioning system methods, and in-home hair collection at the end of the week.
resultsOf the 516 eligible youth, 471 (91.3%) participated in the hair collection. Of the 45 youth who did not provide hair samples, 18 had insufficient hair, 25 refused, and 2 did not participate for unknown reasons. Multivariable logistic regression results indicated that non-Hispanic Black youth were less likely than their non-Hispanic White peers to participate due to insufficient hair or refusal (OR = 0.24, 95% CI [0 .09, 0.60]). Despite lower rates of participation, the proportion of Black youth in the participating sample was representative of the study area. No significant differences in participation were found by other sociodemographic characteristics or adverse exposures.
conclusionsHair collection for cortisol measurement is feasible among a probability sample of racially and socioeconomically diverse adolescents. Hair cortisol analyses may accelerate research progress to understand the biological and psychosocial bases of health disparities.
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