The Effect of Korean Dance Performance on Stress Index and the Thickness of Aging Delay Hormone of the Old Aged Women

Abstract. Background: The pathophysiological basis of chronic kidney disease and its complications, including cardiovascular disease, are associated with chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. We investigated the effects of active vitamin D (calcitriol) and synthetic vitamin D analog (paricalcitol) on oxidative stress in hemodialysis patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was composed of 83 patients with a minimum hemodialysis vintage of one year. Patients with a history of any infection, malignancy, and chronic inflammatory disease were excluded. Oxidative markers (total oxidant and antioxidant status) and inflammation markers (C-reactive protein and interleukin-6) were analyzed. Results: A total of 47% (39/83) patients were using active or analog vitamin D. Total antioxidant status was significantly higher in patients with using active or analog vitamin D than those who did not use (p = 0.006). Whereas, total oxidant status and oxidative stress index were significantly higher in patients with not using vitamin D when compared with the patients who were using vitamin D preparation (p = 0.005 and p = 0.004, respectively). On the other hand, total antioxidant status, total oxidant status, and oxidative stress index were similar between patients who used active vitamin D or vitamin D analog (p = 0.6; p = 0.4 and p = 0.7, respectively). Conclusion: The use of active or selective vitamin D analog in these patients decreases total oxidant status and increases total antioxidant status. Also, paricalcitol is as effective as calcitriol in decreasing total oxidant status and increasing total antioxidant status in patients with chronic kidney disease.

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Anforderungen, Entscheidungsfreiräume und Stress im Studium

Diagnostica ◽

10.1026/0012-1924/a000213 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 65 (2) ◽

pp. 63-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laura I. Schmidt ◽

Fabian Scheiter ◽

Andreas Neubauer ◽

Monika Sieverding

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

Soziale Arbeit ◽

Stress Index ◽

Job Content Questionnaire ◽

Reliabilität Und Validität ◽

Körperliche Beschwerden ◽

Job Content ◽

Demand Control

Zusammenfassung. Mit dem Demand-Control-Modell und dem dazugehörigen Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) existiert im Arbeitsumfeld ein bewährtes Modell zur Vorhersage physischer und psychischer Gesundheitsrisiken. Um diese auch unter Studierenden theoriegeleitet vorhersagen zu können, passten wir den JCQ auf den Hochschulkontext an und untersuchten mittels unseres Fragebogens zu strukturellen Belastungen und Ressourcen im Studium (StrukStud) den Erklärungsbeitrag hinsichtlich Stresserleben und Wohlbefinden. In 4 Studien mit insgesamt 732 Studierenden (Psychologie, Lehramt, Soziale Arbeit, Wirtschaftsrecht und Erziehung & Bildung) wurden die Demand-Control-Dimensionen (StrukStud), Stresserleben (Heidelberger Stress-Index HEI-STRESS & Perceived Stress Questionnaire) und weitere Referenzkonstrukte wie Studienzufriedenheit und körperliche Beschwerden erfasst. Befunde zur Reliabilität und Validität werden vorgestellt. Die Ergebnisse belegen die psychometrische Qualität des StrukStud sowie dessen Potenzial zur Erklärung von Stress im Studium. Mit dem StrukStud liegt für den deutschsprachigen Raum erstmals ein ökonomisches Selbsteinschätzungsinstrument zur Erfassung von psychologischen Anforderungen und Entscheidungsfreiräumen im Studium vor.

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Measurement Invariance Analysis of the Parental Stress Index

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000463 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (6) ◽

pp. 771-778 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bernhard Piskernik ◽

Barbara Supper ◽

Lieselotte Ahnert

Keyword(s):

Measurement Invariance ◽

Parental Stress ◽

Stress Index ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Mean Values ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Structural Invariance ◽

Parent Domain ◽

Structural Levels

Abstract. While parenting research continues to compare similarities and differences in mothers’ and fathers’ behaviors based on mean values on the respective dimensions, measurement invariance as a prerequisite for these comparisons has seldom been assured. The present study thus subjected the well-known Parenting Stress Index (PSI), widely used in models of family functioning, to a rigorous measurement invariance analysis based on ( N = 214) Austrian couples with children younger than 3 years of age. We evaluated configural, metric, scalar, and uniqueness invariance on item and subscale levels, and tested for structural invariance of means and variances of the PSI parent and child domain by second-order confirmatory factor analyses. As a result, only measurement differences on the scalar levels affected the factor scores, though negligibly. On the structural levels, no differences were found on the PSI child domain across parents, but on the PSI parent domain, mothers reported more stress.

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Perceived Stress Index

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t10412-000 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Noreen Goldman ◽

Dana A. Glei ◽

Christopher Seplaki ◽

I-Wen Liu ◽

Maxine Weinstein

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

Stress Index

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