The effect of acute stress on salivary markers of inflammation: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an increasing interest in the ability to non-invasively assess biological markers of stress. Measures of inflammation following exposure to acute stress have been assessed in saliva, but a systematic review and meta-analysis of the reliability of changes in response to stress has not been conducted. The proposed review aims to update and extend a prior review of this literature by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis, conducting moderator analyses, summarizing and reviewing best practices, and providing recommendations for future research.

Methods and analysis

The adopted search strategy will involve the electronic databases PubMed, PsycINFO, and Embase. We will include the articles identified by a 2015 narrative review on a similar topic, as

SUBMITTER: Slavish DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6498465 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature