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Resilience, burnout, and role stress among military personnel

BackgroundA growing body of research has provided evidence that cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) are involved in an organism’s response to stress and that it may exert beneficial behavioral and neurotrophic effects. MethodsThis study investigated plasma DHEA-S, cortisol level, and their ratio in 20 healthy participants working in military with psychological symptoms of burnout syndrome diagnosed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory scale. ResultsThe level of DHEA-S and the cortisone and ratio between them were significantly and negatively related to stress-induced symptoms of burnout syndrome. Similarly, participants who reported fewer symptoms of burnout had increased levels of ratio of DHEA-S to cortisone level. ConclusionThese data provide prospective, empirical evidence that DHEA-S are associated with superior stress tolerance and fewer psychological symptoms of burnout in participants working in military, and these results can be superiorly and objectively used to assess military performance.