Modeling the Diffusion of Psychological Stress

2014 ◽  
pp. 178-204
Author(s):  
Pietro Cipresso ◽  
Silvia Serino ◽  
Andrea Gaggioli ◽  
Giuseppe Riva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Stress Diffusion ◽  
Stress Transmission

Stress reduces quality of life and causes many diseases. Nevertheless, it is not completely clear whether stress transmission may involve acquaintances and other people in addition to lovers, friends, and relatives. More generally, it is not clear how stress spreads among the population and how its diffusion in a society can be estimated. This chapter presents a set of mathematical and computational models that can be used to approach the modeling of psychological stress diffusion.

scholarly journals Psychological stress and health-related quality of life among tuberculosis patients: a prospective cohort study

2021 ◽  
pp. 00251-2021
Author(s):  
Ann Roy Febi ◽  
Mohan K. Manu ◽  
Aswini Kumar Mohapatra ◽  
Samir Kumar Praharaj ◽  
Vasudeva Guddattu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Treatment Completion ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Stress And Health

Economic, social and psychological distress is common in individuals affected with tuberculosis (TB). However, the magnitude of distress, psychological interventions and their effect on the treatment outcomes are often under-evaluated. We examined the level of psychological stress and Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of such patients and the effect of antituberculosis therapy on them.Our prospective cohort study included newly diagnosed adult pulmonary (PTB) and extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) patients. Assessment of psychological stress was done using Generalised Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7) for anxiety and Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9 for depression. The HRQoL was assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.Of the 86 patients studied, 21 (24.4%) had anxiety symptoms at the baseline which reduced to 5.8% and 1.2% at two months and treatment completion, respectively (p<0.001). Among the subjects, 18 (20.9%) patients had depression which reduced to 7% and 2.3% at two months and treatment completion, respectively (p<0.001). All the mean domain scores of HRQoL were poor at the baseline, which showed improvement at the treatment completion (p<0.001).Anxiety and depression were common among TB patients, and there is significant progressive reduction during and after the treatment. TB had remarkable negative impacts on HRQoL, with the physical domain being the most affected, and all the domain scores showed significant improvement at treatment completion. Routine screening for depression and anxiety and timely referral to a psychiatrist is required in TB patients to improve the outcome of the disease and the quality of life.

scholarly journals Effect of Psycho educational Program on Psychological Stress and Quality of Life among patients with Hepatitis C Virus

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-107
Author(s):  
Hend Ahmed Mostafa Hassinine ◽  
Sayeda Ahmed Abd Ellatief ◽  
Maaly Ibrahim Elmalky ◽  
Mawaheb Mahmoud Zaki
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Educational Program

scholarly journals Impact of yoga based lifestyle intervention on psychological stress and quality of life in the parents of children with retinoblastoma

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shilpa Bisht ◽  
Bhavna Chawla ◽  
Madhuri Tolahunase ◽  
Richa Mishra ◽  
Rima Dada
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Lifestyle Intervention

Multifaceted Assessment of Health Literacy in People Receiving Dialysis: Associations With Psychological Stress and Quality of Life

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (sup2) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarity Dodson ◽  
Tanya Osicka ◽  
Louis Huang ◽  
Lawrence P. McMahon ◽  
Matthew A. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Psychological Stress

Increasing the quality of life from womb to grave: the importance of pregnancy and birth cohorts

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie J. Kaplan ◽  
Brenda M. Leung ◽  
Gerald F. Giesbrecht ◽  
Catherine J. Field ◽  
Francois P. Bernier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Environmental Exposures ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Current Opinion ◽  
Dynamic Interplay ◽  
Pregnancy And Birth

Epigenetics is revealing how “nature is nurtured”, with environmental factors such as nutrition, environmental neurotoxicants, and psychological stress influencing DNA expression. In this current opinion paper, we argue that understanding the dynamic interplay between the genome acquired at conception and environmental exposures throughout life requires pregnancy and birth cohorts, and that greater Canadian national commitment to the infrastructure needed for sustaining such cohorts is warranted. We present a framework that is now being implemented in Alberta.

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