A Mathematical Model for the Effects of Critical Care in Infancy on Cortisol Levels in Subsequent Childhood and Teen Years using Exponential-Exponential Distribution

Real-world events are typically described using statistical distributions. Their theory is widely studied and used in a variety of practical situations due to the usefulness of these statistical distributions. The Exponential-Exponential distribution is a novel probability distribution that is proposed in this work. This study sought to determine how cortisol levels in children and adolescence were impacted by intensive care treatment and early exposure to stress and pain. Neither the general hospitalization group nor the intensive-care unit subgroups differed significantly from the control group in terms of cortisol waking reaction, diurnal decline, or stress reactivity.