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Table 1 Definition of compliance

From: Feasibility of home-based sampling of salivary cortisol and cortisone in healthy adults

Definition

Explanation

Compliant to number of samples

Two complete days out of 3 with 4 samples/day (16 out

 

of 24 samples with 8 samples at B and 8 samples at FU)

Compliant to report sample time

Self-reported sample time for the 16 out of 24 samples (8 in B, 8 in FU)

Compliant to timing of S1

Self-reported delay < 10 min from awakening to S1 for 4 days (2 days in B, 2 days in FU)

Compliant to timing of the second

Self-reported collection of morning samples within 1 h

and third morning sample

after awakening for 4 days (2 days in B, 2 days in FU)

  1. The table present the different definitions of compliance to the salivary sampling protocol
  2. B baseline, FU Follow-up