Download or read book Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women written by Kristina Orth-Gomér and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not long ago, it was assumed that coronary heart disease mainly--or only--affected men. Now that CHD is recognized as a leading killer of women as well as men, numerous research studies have been made of its diverse presentations in women, causal factors, and possibilities for prevention and treatment. The expert contributions to Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women span the results of this cross-disciplinary awareness. This progressive resource takes a three-dimensional approach to its subject, focusing on epidemiology and risk factors for heart disease in women, the psycho- and neurobiology of stress and coronary disease, and promising clinical interventions. Chapters identify and analyze multiple intersections of social, biological, and psychological factors in affecting women's heart health, from the social dimensions of depression to genetic/environmental interactions to the demands of balancing work and family. These wide-ranging findings will assist and motivate professionals in choosing and creating interventions, developing appropriate prevention strategies, and reducing gender-based disparities in health care. Among the topics covered: Enhancing women's heart health: a global perspective. Coronary heart disease in women: evolution of our knowledge. Gender observations on basic physiological stress mechanisms in men and women. Sleep as a means of recovery and restitution in women. LifeSkills training: benefiting both genders, for different reasons. Gender considerations in psychosocial-behavioral interventions for coronary heart disease. In particular this book will be helpful for cardiologists and other clinicians who may ask themselves why patients do not seem to make rational choices. "Why do patients not follow the advice they are offered?" is a common complaint. The role of psychosocial stress for patient compliance and adherence can be traced throughout the volume. It is emphasized in the chapters on psychosocial interventions along with other tangible and conceptual suggestions and experiences with psychosocial stress and life style change. Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women offers a deep practical level of understanding of this epidemic to help expand the work of health and clinical psychologists, sociologists, cardiologists, primary care physicians, and epidemiologists.

Download or read book Stress and Cardiovascular Disease written by Paul Hjemdahl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main aim of this book is to evaluate the concept of stress and provide tools for physicians to identify patients who might benefit from stress management. This will incorporate a detailed description of the physiological and pathophysiological consequences of acute and chronic stress that might lead to cardiovascular disease. The book will aim to critically evaluate interventional research (behavioural and other therapies) and provide evidence based recommendations on how to manage stress in the cardiovascular patient. Our intentions are to define and highlight stress as an etiological factor for cardiovascular disease, and to describe an evidence based "tool box" that physicians may use to identify and manage patients in whom stress may be an important contributing factor for their disease and their risk of suffering cardiovascular complications.

Download or read book The Associations Between Psychsocial Stress and Coronary Heart Disease in Two Cohorts of U S Women written by Conglong Wang and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OBJECTIVE: This dissertation explores the effect of psychosocial stress on risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and the underlying biobehavioral mechanisms between psychosocial stress and CHD in women. METHODS: Two cohort data were used: 1) Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (WHI-OS) participants aged 50-79 years (N= 80,825); 2) 5,089 adults (2,505 women and 2,584 men) without clinical cardiovascular disease, aged 45-84 years at baseline in Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Job strain was constructed based on the Karasek's Job Demand-Control (JDC) model and imputed through linkage of Standard Occupational Classification codes to the Occupational Information Network. Stressful life events and social strain (WHI-OS only) were assessed via validated self-reported questionnaires. Various statistical modeling approaches were used: Cox proportional hazard models, generalized linear models, path analysis with covariance-based structure equation models. RESULTS: For WHI-OS participants with an average of 14.7 years of follow-up, high job strain was associated with 13% increased risk of CHD (HR=1.13, 95% CI:1.03,1.24). Women with the high life event scores had a 20% higher risk of CHD (HR=1.20, 95% CI: 1.09,1.31), and for women with high social strain, the CHD risk increased by 12% (HR=1.12, 95% CI: 1.04,1.22). There was a significant interaction between job strain and social strain (P value= 0.02). High job strain was associated with a 25% increased risk of CHD for women with high social strain (HR=1.25, 95% CI: 1.07,1.46) while no association between high job strain and CHD risk was found in women with low social strain. The results from MESA participants showed that extreme ongoing problems in life were associated with a 7% increase in CHD risk (AMR=1.07, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.13) while job strain was not independently associated with CHD risk. There is no interaction between gender and psychosocial stress in relation to CHD risk. Changes in CHD risks over a 2-year period were not associated with either job strain or ongoing problems in life. The results from path analysis suggested that leisure-time physical activity, alcohol consumption, hypertension, and diabetes explained more than 50% of the associations between each psychosocial stressors and CHD. CONCLUSIONS: In women, psychosocial stress in different domains has a disparate impact on CHD risks, and part of the association between psychosocial stress and CHD risks is explained by biobehavioral factors. Future work for impacting other domains of psychosocial stress and interventions emphasizing specific needs of women are needed.

Download or read book The Handbook of Stress and Health written by Cary Cooper and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive work that brings together and explores state-of-the-art research on the link between stress and health outcomes. Offers the most authoritative resource available, discussing a range of stress theories as well as theories on preventative stress management and how to enhance well-being Timely given that stress is linked to seven of the ten leading causes of death in developed nations, yet paradoxically successful adaptation to stress can enable individuals to flourish Contributors are an international panel of authoritative researchers and practitioners in the various specialty subjects addressed within the work

Download or read book Women Stress and Heart Disease written by Kristina Orth-Gomer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of women's health has long been neglected. This applies to many medical areas, but it has become most evident in the field of cardiology. For a long time, cardiology has been a medical specialty which seemed to be created for men, by men--particularly in research, but also in intensive clinical care units where male patients have been most visible and dominating. Furthermore, the clinical cardiologists--their doctors--have been predominantly male. It is easy to understand that most women think they will die from cancer rather than from heart disease, but this is not true. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women as it is for men. Female patients are frequently encountered in the cardiology department, but they are older and seem to get less visibility and attention than the male patients. Research on risk factors for heart disease has also been almost entirely focused on men. This is true for psychosocial/behavioral aspects of cardiovascular risk. Aiming to fill this gap, this volume contains contributions from outstanding international and national researchers from different fields such as sociology, psychology, epidemiology, cardiology, clinical medicine, and physiology. These professionals gathered together for an interdisciplinary seminar on women, stress, and heart disease held at the Swedish Society of Medicine. Based on the seminar, this book provides a solid foundation for empirically based scientific conclusions on this important subject.

Download or read book Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease written by Sally A. Shumaker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work, distinguished contributors explore the myriad relationships between networks of social support and the development, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals with cardiovascular disease. Chapters span the range from conceptual to methodological issues, and take into account gender, environmental, and cultural differences. The book will provide a wealth of information for clinicians and students in the fields of behavioral medicine, psychophysiology, and cardiovascular disease.

Download or read book The Relationship Between Stress Coronary Heart Disease and Exercise written by Rebecca L. Koboldt and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Psychological Stress Related to the Etiology of Cardiovascular Disease written by Joy S. Martyniuk and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stress Coping and Cardiovascular Disease written by Philip Mccabe and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest volume in the series based on the Annual Stress and Coping Symposia held at the University of Miami, Drs. McCabe, Schneiderman, Field, and Wellens bring together an outstanding group of researchers to examine the relationship between bio-behavioral and social factors and heart disease. Highlights of the book include an in-depth look at the latest research on: * basic physiological processes in cardiovascular reactivity to stress; * pathophysiological mechanisms in cardiovascular disease; * ethnic differences in cardiovascular regulation; * psychosocial influences on cardiovascular function/disease; and * Behavioral interventions designed to treat cardiovascular disorders. The goal of Stress, Coping, and Cardiovascular Disease is to provide a solid empirical foundation on the relationship between stress and cardiovascular disease so as to stimulate further research into the pathophysiology and treatment of the leading cause of death in industrialized countries.

Download or read book Anger and Hostility in Cardiovascular and Behavioral Disorders written by Margaret A. Chesney and published by Taylor & Francis Group. This book was released on 1985 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Women Work and Health written by Marianne Frankenhaeuser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1991 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I. Sex Differences: Facts and Myths.- 1. Gender Segregation in the Workplace: Continuities and Discontinuities from Childhood to Adulthood.- The Prevalence of Gender Segregation in Childhood.- Causal Factors Underlying Gender Segregation.- Distinctive Cultures in Boys' and Girls' Groups.- Group Membership and In-Group Loyalties.- Adolescence and Cross-Sex Attraction.- References.- 2. Effects of Labor Force Participation on Sex Differences in Mortality and Morbidity.- Sex Differences in Mortality and Morbidity.- Contributions of Occupational Hazards to Sex Differences in Health.- Health-Related Behavior: A Possible Link between Labor Force Participation and Sex Differences in Health.- Effects of Labor Force Participation on Women's and Men's Health.- Labor Force Participation Rates and Sex Differences in Mortality Rates: Ecological Analyses.- Conclusions.- References.- 3. The Psychophysiology of Sex Differences as Related to Occupational Status.- A Biopsychosocial Framework.- Changing Patterns of Sex Differences in Reactivity.- Stress On and Off the Job in White-Collar Workers at Volvo.- Reactivity and "Unwinding".- Concluding Remarks.- References.- II. Work and Family: Multiple Roles.- 4. The Forms of Women's Work.- The Forms of Work.- Patterns of Productive Behavior in the United States.- Causes and Consequences of Productive Work.- Implications for Policy.- References.- 5. Coping with Role Overload.- Theoretical Basis for the Proposed Work.- Overview of Research Program.- Study 1: Role Strain and Conflict in Married Women Professionals with Young Children.- Findings of the Study.- Sex Differences in Combining Work and Family: Preliminary Analyses of Data from the Physician Study.- Future Research Directions.- References.- 6. The Relationship between Women's Work and Family Roles and Their Subjective Well-Being and Psychological Distress.- Overview.- The Study.- I. Which Aspects of Work Are Related to Mental-Health Measures?.- II. Does Family-Role Occupancy Affect the Relationship between the Mental-Health Measures and the Work-Reward and Work-Concern Factors?.- III. Does Family-Role Quality Affect the Relationship between Mental-Health Measures and Work-Reward and Work-Concern Factors?.- Discussion and Conclusions.- References.- III. Work Load and Cardiovascular Health.- 7. Women, Work-Related Stress, and Smoking.- Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking among Women.- Health Consequences of Smoking.- Smoking and Work.- The Women and Health Study.- Stress and Smoking.- Smoking and Affect Regulation.- A Model of Stress, Distress, and Smoking.- Implications for Smoking Cessation Programs.- References.- 8. The Effect of Job Demands, Job Control, and New Technologies on the Health of Employed Women: A Review.- Empirical Support for the Job Strain Model in Women.- Health Effects of Clerical Employment.- Health Effects of VDT Work.- Health Effects of Nursing Occupations.- Future Research.- References.- 9. Occupational Stress and Blood Pressure: Studies in Working Men and Women.- Use of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring to Study Psychosocial Influences on Blood Pressure.- Use of Echocardiography for Studying the Influence of Psychological Factors on the Heart.- The Role of Occupational Stress in Raising Blood Pressure.- Are There Gender Differences in the Associations between Stress and Blood Pressure?.- Conclusions.- References.- 10. On Cardiovascular Health in Women: Results from Epidemiological and Psychosocial Studies in Sweden.- International Trends in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality for Men and Women.- Job Characteristics of Different Occupations: Associations on an Aggregated Level.- Comparison of Risk Factors between Men and Women in the Same Occupations.- Personality Characteristics and Coronary Heart Disease in Women.- References.- IV. Interaction Between Women's Work and Reproductive Issues.- 11. Reproductive Technologies, Women's Health, and Career Choices.- Control of Fertility.- Contraceptive Practice.- Infertility.- Co...

Download or read book Stress Challenges and Immunity in Space written by Alexander Choukèr and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how stress – either psychological or physical – can activate and/or paralyse human innate or adaptive immunity. Adequate immunity is crucial for maintaining health, both on Earth and in space. During space flight, human physiology is specifically challenged by complex environmental stressors, which are most pronounced during lunar or interplanetary missions. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book identifies the impact of these stressors – the space exposome – on immunity as a result of (dys-)functions of specific cells, organs and organ networks. These conditions (e.g. gravitation changes, radiation, isolation/confinement) affect immunity, but at the same time provide insights that may help to prevent, diagnose and address immune-related health alterations. Written by experts from academia, space agencies and industry, the book is a valuable resource for professionals, researchers and students in the field of medicine, biology and technology. The chapters “The Impact of Everyday Stressors on the Immune System and Health”, “Stress and Radiation Responsiveness” and “Assessment of Radiosensitivity and Biomonitoring of Exposure to Space adiation” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Download or read book Heart Disease written by Gerdi Weidner and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This book addresses one major question: Why do men get more heart disease than women? Recent global trends in heart disease show that traditional coronary risk factors, such as elevated blood pressure and cholesterol are poor candidates in explaining the gender gap in heart disease. Changes in these risk factors also cannot explain the recent cardiovascular disease epidemic among middle-aged men in Eastern Europe. This book will focus on environmental, behavioral, and psychosocial variables, as well as new risk factors of a biological nature in an attempt to understand the gender gap in heart disease. It combines perspectives from numerous disciplines, such as demography, epidemiology, medicine, sociology, and psychology. This book features the work of a distinguished group of international researchers appearing in Richard Stone's report on "Stress: the invisible hand in Eastern Europe's death rates" (Science, vol. 288, June 9, 2000, pp. 1732-33). It combines perspectives from numerous disciplines, such as demography, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition, sociology, and psychology to explore the environmental, behavioral, and psychosocial influences on men's greater susceptibility to heart disease

Download or read book Effects of Psychosocial Stress and Depression on Cardiovascular Health in Youth written by Lisa Olive and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent evidence suggests that cardiovascular disease (CVD) may be impacted by psychological distress, and specifically the experience of stress and depression. The evidence has been most clearly established in adults and, for the most part, limited to brief point-in-time measures of distress. With increasing recognition that early signs of psychosocial stress and depression, as well as the processes leading to CVD may begin to emerge in childhood, the question then presents itself as to whether psychological distress, experienced earlier in the life course, influences early pathogenesis for CVD. The current research sought to determine whether symptoms of psychosocial stress and depression, experienced earlier in the life course, negatively influenced a set of established behavioural and metabolic risk factors and prognostic markers for CVD. Investigations in this thesis were conceptualised within a life course framework, but with an emphasis on the paediatric stage of development. Therefore, relationships between psychological constructs and CVD risk factors and risk markers were investigated as they were likely to present in this younger age group; beginning with primordial risk factors - risk factors that may underlie conditions leading to CVD rather than to causation directly, followed by intermediary markers - those considered to be prognostically significant of later CVD. Initially, two clusters of primordial risk factors were investigated in two separate studies. Firstly, the impact of psychosocial stress and depressive symptoms on a set of behavioural risk factors, namely physical inactivity and cardiorespiratory fitness were investigated. Findings from this study indicated that a change in depressive symptoms within a child had a direct impact on their cardiorespiratory fitness and that children identified with more symptoms of stress and depression were more likely to be less physical activity and less fit. In the second study, investigations examining the influence of psychosocial stress and depressive symptoms on a set of metabolic primordial risk factors, namely percent body fat and insulin resistance, revealed a dose-response relationship between insulin resistance and depressive symptoms, whereby boys with higher levels of insulin resistance also reported more symptoms of depression, and a direct (longitudinal) effect indicating that boys who increased in depressive symptoms also became fatter. In Study 3 and Study 4, investigations were extended to include a set of intermediary risk makers of CVD, those considered to be prognostically significant of later CVD. The effect of psychosocial stress and depressive symptoms on arterial stiffness and blood pressure were investigated in study 3; and on endothelial function in study 4. Findings from these studies demonstrated that children who became more depressed also had increases in diastolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure; and that those becoming more stressed had a reduction in pulse pressure; but thus far did not uncover a direct effect of psychosocial stress or depression on arterial stiffness or endothelial function in our cohort. Overall, this thesis builds a case for the impact of psychosocial stress and depressive symptomology on CVD risk among growing children. The implications for these findings in terms of intervention and further research are discussed.

Download or read book Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women written by Hanna Z. Mieszczanska and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women in the US, with more women dying from heart disease than men. Women may have different presentation from men and often need a different approach to diagnosis and treatment. There are also unique topics of management of heart disease in women, including issues during pregnancy, lactation, and menopause. Many different health care providers, as well as cardiologists are involved in treating these patients. A manual reviewing diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disease in women would help providers without specific cardiology training to deliver care with greater efficiency. A practical and comprehensive guide geared towards these providers would be a highly practical and valuable resource that would be utilized in everyday practice in offices that include urban clinics, general medicine offices, obstetrics and gynecology offices, as well as in the surgical subspecialties. This book will be a highly practical resource that can be directly applied to the issues that arise in everyday practice. There is no available book on the market that focuses on a broader approach to cardiac disease in women or focuses on non-cardiology providers (and their trainees) who have the need to know more about treatment of cardiovascular disease in women.​

Download or read book The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine written by A. John Camm and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 3198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mind the Heart Psychosocial Risk Factors and Cognitive Functioning in Cardiovascular Disease written by Giada Pietrabissa and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: