Psychosocial aspects of selected issues in women's reproductive health: Current status and future directions.

Stanton, Annette L.; Lobel, Marci; Sears, Sharon; DeLuca, Robyn Stein

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.70.3.751

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“…There is a significant body of evidence linking psychosocial stress (stressful life events, stress responses, anxiety, appraisals of stress) to a variety of birth outcomes, including lower birthweight and shorter length of gestation (1,16,17). One approach to understanding stress and pregnancy outcomes in African Americans is the theory of allostatic load in which physiologic wear and tear resulting from responses to chronic and repeated acute stress may lead to dysregulation of the body's stress response systems and contribute to negative health outcomes (14,18,19).…”

Section: Stress: a Psychosocial Risk Factormentioning

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Stress and Blood Pressure During Pregnancy: Racial Differences and Associations With Birthweight

Hilmert

Schetter

Dominguez

et al. 2008

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Objective-To extend findings that African American women report greater stress during pregnancy, have higher blood pressure (BP), and are twice as likely to have low birthweight infants relative to white women. This study examines a) racial differences in associations between stress and BP during pregnancy, and b) the combined effects of stress and BP on infant birthweight in a sample of 170 African American and white women.Methods-A prospective, longitudinal study of pregnant women was conducted in which measures of BP, stress, and other relevant variables were collected. Multiple measures of systolic and diastolic BP were taken at each of three points during pregnancy (18-20, 24-26, and 30-32 weeks gestation).Results-Both systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were positively associated with stress in pregnant African American women and not in pregnant white women. In analyses of birthweight, there were no main effects of BP or stress. However, a significant interaction demonstrated that, when stress was high, DBP was negatively associated with birthweight and a combination of high stress and high DBP predicted the lowest birthweight in the sample. Furthermore, African American women were twice as likely as white women to have a combination of high stress and high DBP.Conclusions-Racial differences in relationships between stress and BP, and the interactive effect of stress and DBP on birthweight together suggest that a high stress-high BP profile may pose a risk for lower birthweight among African American women, in particular, and possibly for all pregnant women.

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Section: Stress: a Psychosocial Risk Factormentioning

confidence: 99%

Stress and Blood Pressure During Pregnancy: Racial Differences and Associations With Birthweight

Hilmert

Schetter

Dominguez

et al. 2008

Psychosomatic Medicine

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“…Significant within-subject differences were found for bad-tempered (F (3,207 Student-Newman-Keuls post-hoc tests showed that mood is significantly decreased during the menstrual phase.…”

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“…The association with distress/discomfort, on the one hand, and the apparent important role of biological, psychological and sociocultural factors makes crying an interesting behavior to study in relation to menstrual cycle variations. Even though it is questionable whether mood varies with menstrual cycle 2,3 , having a menstrual period is not a positive experience either. Most women consider it to be a hassle and cramps and discomforts are frequently reported 4 .…”

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Self-reported crying during the menstrual cycle: Sign of discomfort and emotional turmoilor erroneous beliefs?

Tilburg

Becht

Vingerhoets

2003

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.-Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research -You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain -You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright, please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Crying is generally associated with distress and discomfort and is also part of the premenstrual syndrome in women. Therefore the present studies focused on crying fluctuations during the menstrual cycle. First, a retrospective cross-cultural study among women from 33 different countries (N= 2447) was conducted. Crying proneness reportedly increased before menstruation, with remarkable cross-cultural differences. Women using oral contraceptives (OC) largely reported the same pattern of results as women not using OC. In a second study, 82 Dutch students kept a crying and mood diary for two consecutive menstrual cycles. During no phase of the menstrual cycle, actual crying episodes nor crying proneness was increased, although significant changes in mood were reported. Given the large cross-cultural differences on the one hand, and the remarkable correspondence between the self-reports of those using OC and those who do not use OC on the other hand, it is concluded that the role of female sex hormone fluctuations in crying has to be questioned. Rather, it seems more likely that fluctuations in self-reported crying are based on implicit theories on the relation between menstrual cycle, mood, and crying 3

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“…Az egzisztenciális bizonytalanság is egy gyakori stresszor, elsősor-ban a férfi akat érinti, hogy képesek lesznek-e eltartani leendő családjukat. Egy másik félelemként jelentkező stressztényező, amely mindkét félnél egyformán felmerülhet, hogy túlzott felelősséggel járhat a "babaprojekt" [5,6,7]. A mai gazdasági nehézségek között ez érthető, ez a leggyakoribb negatív tényező.…”

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A stressz és a fertilitás

Ősapay

Ösapay

2015

Orvosi Hetilap

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A nyugati világ országaiban az elmúlt évtizedekben a férfi ak átlagos spermaszáma jelentősen csökkent és ezzel nemzőképességük is romlott. A női fertilitás tekintetében sem jobb a helyzet, és a "megmagyarázhatatlan meddőség" diagnózis egyre gyakoribb. A reproduktív funkciók egyre fokozódó, észrevehető defektusát az eddigi módszerekkel nem lehetett megmagyarázni. Évente 1 millió pár jelentkezik fertilitási kezelésre a világon, ami jelentős idő-és pénz-ráfordítást jelent a társadalomnak. Egyre nagyobb az igény a káros környezeti hatások, az életmódproblémák mélyebb megértésére és a testre szabott kezelések kifejlesztésére azok számára, akik a fogamzás esélyét növelni szeretnék. Az emocionális stresszorok hatását a reproduktív teljesítményre és annak tudományos alapjait Selye és munkacsoportja írta le 1976-ban. A kognitív terápiás módszerek rendszerint alkalmazhatók az emocionális stresszhatások ellen, az egészségmegőrzést célzó antioxidánsok, vitaminok és nyomelemek -különösen hiányuk esetén -pedig segítséget jelenthetnek a reproduktív egészségre káros reaktív oxigénvegyületek hatása ellen. Ésszerű és gazdaságos segítséget jelenthetnek a meddőség elleni küzdelemben még az orvosi beavatkozások szükségessége előtt. Orv. Hetil., 2015, 156(35), 1430-1434.Kulcsszavak: fertilitás, meddőség, spermaképjavulás, Selye, stresszorok Stress and fertilityIn Western countries, sperm quality and fertility of men signifi cantly worsened. Female infertility does not show a better trend either. Subtle defects in the reproductive functions can not be explained by the current methods, and "unexplained infertility" is becoming a more common diagnosis. Every year 1 million couples seek expensive and time consuming fertility treatment in the world. Deeper understanding of an unhealthy lifestyle and the environmental damages may lead to personalized treatments to increase the chance of conception.The effects of various stressors on the male and female reproductive performance were scientifi cally substantiated by Selye and coworkers in 1976. Cognitive therapy methods can be applied against emotional stressors, supplementation by antioxidants against reactive oxygen compounds, and administration of vitamins and trace elements, especially when defi ciency is found, may help before medical intervention on a rational and economical way in the fi ght against infertility.Keywords: infertility, sperm quality improvement, Selye, stressors Ősapay, Gy., Ősapay, K. [Stress and fertility]. Orv. Hetil., 2015Hetil., , 156(35), 1430Hetil., -1434 (Beérkezett: 2015. június 4.; elfogadva: 2015. július 2.) Rövidítések ACTH = adrenokortikotrop hormon; ART = (assisted reproduction technologies) mesterséges megtermékenyítés; CBT = cognitive-behavioural therapy; CRM = agyat stimuláló sugárte-rápia; FHA = funkcionális hypothalamicus amenorrhoea; FSH = (follicle stimulating hormone) tüszőérlelő hormon; GH = (growth hormone) növekedési hormon; GnRH = gonadotrop releasing hormon; HHMT = hypothalamus-hipofízis-mellékvese tengely; LH = (luteinizing hormone) sárgat...

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Psychosocial aspects of selected issues in women's reproductive health: Current status and future directions.

Cited by 93 publications

References 292 publications

Stress and Blood Pressure During Pregnancy: Racial Differences and Associations With Birthweight

Stress and Blood Pressure During Pregnancy: Racial Differences and Associations With Birthweight

Self-reported crying during the menstrual cycle: Sign of discomfort and emotional turmoilor erroneous beliefs?

A stressz és a fertilitás

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