ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2013
Perceived mental stress in women associated with psychosomatic symptoms, but not mortality: observations from the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Socioeconomic disparities in physical activity among Swedish women and trends over time - the population study of women in Gothenburg.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate possible association between mental stress and psychosomatic symptoms, socioeconomic status, lifestyle, as well as incident mortality in a middle-aged female population followed over 37 years.
methodsA prospective observational study initiated in 1968-1969, including 1462 women aged 60, 54, 50, 46, and 38 years, with follow-ups in 1974-1975, 1980-1981, and 2000-2001, was performed. Measures included self-reported mental stress as well as psychosomatic symptoms and smoking, physical activity, total cholesterol, S-triglycerides, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, blood pressure, socioeconomic status and mortality.
resultsSmoking, not being single, and not working outside home were strongly associated with reported mental stress at baseline. Women who reported high mental stress in 1968-1969 were more likely to report presence of abdominal symptoms (odds ratio [OR] = 1.85, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.39-2.46), headache/migraine (OR = 2.04, 95% CI: 1.53-2.72), frequent infections (OR = 1.75, 95% CI: 1.14-2.70), and musculoskeletal symptoms (OR = 1.70, 95% CI: 1.30-2.23) than women who did not report mental stress. Women without these symptoms at baseline 1968-1969, but with perceived mental stress were more likely to subsequently report incident abdominal symptoms (OR = 2.15, 95% CI: 1.39-3.34), headache/migraine (OR = 2.27, 95% CI: 1.48-3.48) and frequent infections (OR = 2.21, 95% CI: 1.12-4.36) in 1974-1975 than women without mental stress in 1968-1969. There was no association between perceived mental stress at baseline and mortality over 37 years of follow-up.
conclusionWomen reporting mental stress had a higher frequency of psychosomatic symptoms than women who did not report these symptoms. Not working outside home and smoking rather than low socioeconomic status per se was associated with higher stress levels. Perception of high mental stress was not associated with increased mortality.
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