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Published on: October 19, 2011
Men with chronic occupational stress benefit from behavioural/psycho-educational group training: a randomized,
1Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany.
Background:
Overworking is one of the most frequent stressors. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of behavioural/psycho-educational group training in men who are chronically stressed from overworking.
Method:
Of 72 male subjects, 36 were randomly assigned to training for 8 weeks and another 36 formed the control group, which received a placebo intervention. Primary outcome measures were systolic blood pressure, salivary cortisol concentration upon awakening, and self-reported changes on the scales of the Trier Inventory for the Assessment of Chronic Stress (TICS), the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36).
Results:
A significant reduction in mean values was observed in daily systolic blood pressure and salivary cortisol concentration on all the TICS and most of the STAXI and SF-36 scales.
Conclusions:
Behavioural/psycho-educational group training appears to be effective in the treatment of men suffering from chronic stress due to overworking.
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