Depressive symptoms of female nursing staff working in stressful environments and their association with serum creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase - a preliminary study

Conclusions:
Total CK and LDH activities and serum CK-MM level appear to be associated with the depressive symptoms of healthy nurses working in stressful environments, although the significance level was relatively low. The simultaneous detection of serum CK and LDH activities or serum CK-MM level and LDH activity may be useful as an indicator of depressive symptoms, at least for female nursing staff with work-related stress.

Source: BioPsychiSocial Medicine - September 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ayako KatoHiroyuki SakakibaraHirohito TsuboiAsami TatsumiMasanobu AkimotoKayoko ShimoiTakeshi IshiiHiroshi KanekoTsutomu NakayamaNorio Ohashi Source Type: research