کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
950639 926834 2008 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Stressor, perceived stress and recurrent pain in Swedish schoolchildren
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی روانپزشکی بیولوژیکی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Stressor, perceived stress and recurrent pain in Swedish schoolchildren
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveStress is an important etiological factor for pain. Little is known, however, about how this process is mediated. The aim of this study is to highlight how more stress corresponds with the amount of reported perceived stress, pain symptom, and the co-occurrence of two pain symptoms— headache and abdominal pain—and how these three phenomena are related. We have also studied possible gender differences.MethodsA cross-sectional study based on data from child supplements linked to national household surveys in Sweden during 2002–2003. Information concerning harassment, perceived stress, headache, and abdominal pain was gathered from a questionnaire. The study population consisted of a representative national sample of 2597 children aged 10–18 years.ResultsChildren's reports of exposure to the stressor harassment were associated with their subjective perception of stress and recurrent pain in a stepwise manner. Having both pain symptoms was more strongly associated with the stressor harassment and perceived stress than having only one pain symptom. This was especially true of girls, who reported higher levels of stress symptoms and who had a different profile of pain symptoms than boys.ConclusionsThe stressor harassment, perceived stress, and recurrent pain are associated with each other in a stepwise fashion. The co-occurrence of headache and abdominal pain is much more closely associated with harassment and perceived stress than any of these symptoms separately, especially in girls.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - Volume 65, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 381–387
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