Work‐related stress, inability to relax after work and risk of adult asthma: a population‐based cohort study

Abstract

This is the first study to show a cross-sectional and longitudinal association of work stress with asthma.

Description of a large-scale study design to assess work-stress-disease associations for cardiovascular disease

“…There is nothing to treat at the lower level, because those physiological systems are not "sick", only in 3 Full discussion is not possible in this paper. However, potential supporting evidence here can be found in acute events involved in two relevant stresschronic disease areas: (a) sudden cardiac death heart disease (50% of CVD mortalities have no clear lower-level explanations), and (b) in asthma attacks [37], where substantial documentation on preventive biofeedback involving HRV-based parasympathetic control enhancement [53] helps support the hypothesis relating to high-level parasympathetic control system failures).…”

“…There is nothing to treat at the lower level, because those physiological systems are not "sick", only in 3 Full discussion is not possible in this paper. However, potential supporting evidence here can be found in acute events involved in two relevant stresschronic disease areas: (a) sudden cardiac death heart disease (50% of CVD mortalities have no clear lower-level explanations), and (b) in asthma attacks [37], where substantial documentation on preventive biofeedback involving HRV-based parasympathetic control enhancement [53] helps support the hypothesis relating to high-level parasympathetic control system failures).This description of growth and regeneration is SDT's se cond addition to the standard System Theory. It contributes to our understanding of the disease process by describing how the capacity to handle stress (ordering capacity) is first created and defines the limits to this capacity in our coping activities.…”

“…On the whole, the measurement of physiological biomarkers of work stress tends to be limited to small focused studies rather than large scale epidemiological cohorts [24]. Studies including 24-hour ECG recordings are particularly based on rather small selected samples of less than 200 subjects [26,27,29,34], although recently a few studies have been published with findings based on ambulatory ECG monitoring in samples of approximately 600 persons [31,37]. A lot of variation exists in the occupational profile of the study samples.…”

Adult-onset asthma: is it really different?

“…High versus low stress was found to be associated with a two-to three-fold higher risk of self-reported asthma incidence in several longitudinal population studies [82][83][84][85]. Of the 10 most stressful life events, the illness of a family member, marital problems, divorce or separation, and conflicts with a supervisor were most strongly associated with the onset of asthma [82].…”

Asthma nervosa: old concept, new insights

“…Associations with asthma have been shown for a wide range of stressors including: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [5,6]; psychiatric disorders [7,8]; community violence [9]; stressful life events [10]; partner violence and housing quality [11]; war-related stress [12]; neuroticism and relational problems [13]; perceived safety [14]; social depravity and high crime rates [15]; anxiety and attention disorders [16]; psychological distress [17]; maternal anxiety [18]; maternal depression and paternal PTSD [19]; and work-related stress [20]. Conversely, the prevalence of asthma has been shown to be elevated in those suffering from anxiety disorders [21].…”