在照顾中压力,应对和身体健康
Melissa Zajdel1, Tracy Swan1, Taylor Robinson1
1Social Network Methods Section, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute.
Translational issues in psychological science
|December 18, 2023
概括
照顾者的压力会影响照顾者的健康,但生物效应因孩子而异.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 健康科学 卫生科学 卫生科学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 非正式的照顾者面临着严重的压力,影响身体健康.
- 慢性病儿童的父母的护理压力没有得到充分的研究.
- 下垂体-垂体-上腺 (HPA) 轴和免疫系统是影响的关键区域.
研究的目的:
- 检查压力与自我评估健康和生物标志物的关联.
- 调查应对方式 (主动,回避,支持) 的调节作用.
- 比较罕见/未诊断疾病儿童的护理人员与典型发育儿童的效应.
主要方法:
- 评估感知到的压力,自我评估的健康状况和生物标志物 (氨酸压缩素,CRP,TNF-alpha).
- 使用了两个组:患有罕见/未诊断疾病的儿童的照顾者 (n=101) 和典型发育的儿童 (n=69).
- 分析了应对风格 (主动,回避,支持) 作为潜在的调节者.
主要成果:
- 感知到的压力与自我评估的健康状况更差有关.
- 与生物标志物相关的压力仅适用于典型发育儿童的照顾者.
- 积极应对与较低的氨酸压缩素相关; 支持应对对典型发育儿童照顾者有益.
结论:
- 照顾者的压力会在各种情况下影响自我评估的健康.
- 压力的生物学影响根据照顾者的背景和孩子的健康状况而有所不同.
- 应对方式起到调节作用,但取决于背景,突出需要量身定制的支持.
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