Stressful life events and the onset of asthma

Stressful life events and the onset of asthma.

The status of stressful life events as a risk factor for asthma is unclear and may be dependent on pre-existing allergic rhinitis. This study examined whether exposure to stressful life events predicted the onset of asthma in adults. This is a prospective, population-based cohort study of 16,881 males and females, aged 20-54 yrs and free of diagnosed asthma at the beginning of the follow-up (Ja...

The Mediating Role of Stressful Life Events in the Relationship between Personality Traits and Addiction Readiness

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of stressful life events in the relationship between personality traits and addiction readiness. Method: The research method was correlational descriptive of structural equation modeling type. The statistical population included all substance-dependent women referring to addiction treatment clinics in Yazd in 2019-2020. Amon...

Stressful Life Events and the Metabolic Syndrome

OBJECTIVE Stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome. However, the scant evidence available is not population-based, restricting the external validity of the findings. Our aim was to test associations between stressful life events, their accumulation, and the metabolic syndrome in a large population-based cohort. We also tested associations between stress and the indiv...

The Role of Stressful Life Events

Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (psles) — a New Stressful Life Events Scale for Use in India

Using an open ended question along with Holme's and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Schedule on a sample of two hundred adult subjects, a suitable scale of stressful life events experienced by the Indian population was constructed and standardized for two time spaces, that is, last one year and life time. Analysis of various demographic variables for this population revealed no differences on...