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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Structural Equation Modeling of a Global Stress Index in Healthy Soldiers.

Tanja Maier, Melanie Kugelmann, Dae-Sup Rhee, Sebastian Brill, Harald Gündel, Benedikt Friemert, Horst-Peter Becker, Christiane Waller, Manuela Rappel

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Tanja MaierClinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0585-4796
Melanie KugelmannClinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Dae-Sup RheeClinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2915-0726
Sebastian BrillMilitary Hospital, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Harald GündelClinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Benedikt FriemertMilitary Hospital, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Horst-Peter BeckerMilitary Hospital, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Christiane WallerClinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Manuela RappelClinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0121-1128

Funding

German Ministry of Defense E/U2CA/FA159/FF552
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulation of stress is a prognostic trigger for cardiovascular disease. Classical scores for cardiovascular risk estimation typically do not consider psychosocial stress. The aim of this study was to develop a global stress index (GSI) from healthy participants by combining individual measures of acute and chronic stress from childhood to adult life. One-hundred and ninety-two female and male soldiers completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS4), Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale Checklist (PDS), and the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DRRI-2). The underlying structure for the GSI was examined through structural equation modeling. The final hierarchical multilevel model revealed fair fit by taking modification indices into account. The highest order had a g-factor called the GSI. On a second level the latent variables stress, HADS and CTQ were directly loading on the GSI. A third level with the six CTQ subscales was implemented. On the lowest hierarchical level all manifest variables and the DRRI-2/PDS sum scores were located. The presented GSI serves as a valuable and individual stress profile for soldiers and could potentially complement classical cardiovascular risk factors.

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cardiovascular diseaseglobal stress indexpsychosocial stressrisk factorsstructural equation model

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PMID33924268
PMCPMC8074902

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