患有纤维肌痛和没有纤维肌痛的成年人感知到的压力和生活压力
Ha M Nguyen1,2, Barbara J Cherry1,2, Laura Zettel-Watson1,2
1Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA.
Biomedicines
|June 27, 2024
概括
中年患有纤维肌痛的成年人经历了更高的压力和生活压力因素,抑郁症显著影响了这些结果. 解决慢性疼痛和心理健康问题对于健康老龄化至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 类风湿病学 类风湿病学
背景情况:
- 慢性疾病,如慢性普遍疼痛,可能会加速衰老,导致中年人的身体,认知和心理健康状况下降.
- 纤维肌痛是一种慢性疼痛疾病,具有独特的挑战,可能与衰老过程和心理健康相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 检查成年人患有纤维肌痛和没有纤维肌痛的感知压力,生活压力和抑郁症之间的关系.
- 研究纤维肌痛状态和抑郁症对中年和老年人的压力水平和生活压力因素的影响.
主要方法:
- 94名参与者 (52%患有纤维肌痛,78%为女性,年龄在50-93岁) 完成了感知压力量表,社会调整评分量表和贝克抑郁 inventory.
- 使用等级回归分析来评估年龄,性别,纤维肌痛状况,抑郁症及其对压力和生活压力因素的相互作用的预测作用.
主要成果:
- 显著的纤维肌痛-抑郁症相互作用预测了感知压力,但不是生活压力因素.
- 抑郁症显著预测了与生活压力因素相关的压力,即使在控制共变量之后.
- 与没有纤维肌痛的人相比,纤维肌痛患者报告的感知压力和生活压力因素水平显著更高.
结论:
- 研究结果强调了纤维肌痛和抑郁症对中年和老年人压力水平的重大影响.
- 这项研究强调了在患有慢性广泛疼痛和/或抑郁症的个体中评估各种类型的压力和压力因素的重要性.
- 对于中年及以后经历慢性疼痛和心理健康挑战的人来说,需要全面的评估和治疗策略.
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