Sociopolitical stress and acute cardiovascular disease hospitalizations around the 2016 presidential election

Mefford, Matthew T.; Mittleman, Murray A.; Li, Bonnie H.; Qian, Lei; Reynolds, Kristi; Zhou, Hui; Harrison, Teresa N.; Geller, Alan C.; Sidney, Stephen; Sloan, Richard P.; Mostofsky, Elizabeth; Williams, David R.

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“…Robust evidence for societal events acting as widespread stressors comes from large cross-sectional samples where data were being collected prior to and after focal events (4,(18)(19)(20). Yet, the necessary reliance on natural experiment designs has led to key limitations in the extant literature.…”

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Highly public anti-Black violence is associated with poor mental health days for Black Americans

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Lee

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Highly public anti-Black violence in the United States may cause widely experienced distress for Black Americans. This study identifies 49 publicized incidents of racial violence and quantifies national interest based on Google searches; incidents include police killings of Black individuals, decisions not to indict or convict the officer involved, and hate crime murders. Weekly time series of population mental health are produced for 2012 through 2017 using two sources: 1) Google Trends as national search volume for psychological distress terms and 2) the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) as average poor mental health days in the past 30 d among Black respondents (mean weekly sample size of 696). Autoregressive moving average (ARMA) models accounted for autocorrelation, monthly unemployment, season and year effects, 52-wk lags, news-related searches for suicide (for Google Trends), and depression prevalence and percent female (for BRFSS). National search interest varied more than 100-fold between racial violence incidents. Black BRFSS respondents reported 0.26 more poor mental health days during weeks with two or more racial incidents relative to none, and 0.13 more days with each log10 increase in national interest. Estimates were robust to sensitivity tests, including controlling for monthly number of Black homicide victims and weekly search interest in riots. As expected, racial incidents did not predict average poor mental health days among White BRFSS respondents. Results with national psychological distress from Google Trends were mixed but generally unsupportive of hypotheses. Reducing anti-Black violence may benefit Black Americans’ mental health nationally.

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Highly public anti-Black violence is associated with poor mental health days for Black Americans

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“…In our prior study, 6 we used a 2-day risk window based on existing literature of other types of psychosocial events. In the current study we chose a longer window a priori because the final result was not known for 5 days after the date of the 2020 election, and to account for the protracted nature of associated stress and eventual announcement of the results.…”

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“…In our previous study of Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) members, we found a 62% higher risk of hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or stroke in the 2 days immediately following the 2016 presidential election compared with the same 2 days in the 1 and 2 weeks prior. 6 Other studies have similarly presented evidence of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular adverse outcomes associated with political stress and, more specifically, the 2016 presidential election. 7 , 8 , 9 The aim of the current study was to replicate and expand on findings from our prior study of the 2016 presidential election that was limited to the Southern California population by examining hospitalizations for acute CVD around the 2020 presidential election among adults in KPSC and Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC), 2 large integrated health care delivery systems that provide comprehensive care for more than 9 million persons.…”

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Association of the 2020 US Presidential Election With Hospitalizations for Acute Cardiovascular Conditions

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“…(1) To identify the effect of psychological/mental stress to cause cardiac arrhythmia (2) To identify the relation between psychological stress and ventricular arrhythmia.…”

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“…The result of this clinical study was positive. A direct connection between mental stress and cardiac problems has been identified [2]. Chronic psychosocial stressors can cause aggravation of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis, as well as Temporary Endothelial Dysfunction, and then can even lead to cellular necrosis, at last, organ degeneration.…”

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Analysis of Significant Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) Variations in Psychological Stress

Harisoorya

Vidya

Satpathy³

et al. 2022

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Purpose: Mental stress and other psychosomatic disorders have been linked to an increased risk of sudden cardiac death in population studies. There hasn't been a thorough examination as to whether emotional or physical stresses might cause sporadic ventricular arrhythmias in vulnerable patients. An outsized and mounting body of discovery shed light on the fact that internal health is interrelated to risk factors for heart complaint before an opinion of an internal health complaint and through treatment. These things can arise both directly, through natural pathways, and laterally, through parlous health actions. People who are passing through clinical depression, anxiety disorders, common and general stress syndromes, and indeed post-traumatic stress disorder commonly known as PTSD over an absolute period of your occasion may observe definite physiological alterations in the body, similarly, as a highly enlarged cardiac reactivity such as augmented vital signs and elevated blood pressure, deducted or condensed blood inflow directly to the center, and heightened or highly raised amount of an organic chemical compound called cortisol. Over time, these physiologic processes may generate calcium particle depositions or buildup within the normal organic pathways. It may also manifest events of body metabolic dysfunction as well as cardiac conduction problems. Substantiation shows that many physiological and psychiatric/psychological diseases -similar to chronic clinical depression, psychological stress, and PTSD can appear after any cardiac event regardless of its severity. Objective: The focal objective of this article is to identify psychological stress, its influence on cardiac problems such as cardiac arrhythmia, and its symptomatic manifestations on an electrocardiogram. Apart from that, this paper also focuses on the area of how ECG changes due to psychological distress. Another objective of this paper is to provide vivid information about psychological stress and its link with acute and chronic cardiac pathologies. Laymen should know the fact that the mind and the body are linked with each other and if the mind is distressed for a long time will affect the health condition of the physical body also. Design/Methodology/Approach: To build the paper, mostly secondary information has been used from various sources such as clinical literature, journals, websites, etc. Primary information has also been used to increase the accuracy and reliability of the paper. Primary data have been taken from neuropsychologists, cardiologists, clinical psychopathologists, and behavioral medicine specialists. Based on all these databases, systematic and scientific clinical analysis of information has been done to avoid any mistakes and errors. Findings/Result: In people with ICDs, stress and physical exercise might cause ventricular rhythm abnormalities. Future studies into medicines that prevent these stimuli' responses might reduce ventricular arrhythmias and upsets in some of these patients. People with type A personalities should try to control or adjust their innate personality and character to reduce the vulnerability to develop any kind of cardiac arrhythmia or any other cardiac pathologies. All ECG variations and arrhythmias are not related to psychological stress rather it needs differential diagnosis to rule out any other underlying problems. A thorough differential investigation is suggested to rule out whether the cardiac problem is due to psychological stress or not. Originality and value: A comprehensive analysis and interpretation have been made to cover the concerned topic of study and make information more reliable and valid. A new initiative is taken to provide information about the mind and heart link. Paper Type: Secondary clinical report analysis/interpretive paper

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Sociopolitical stress and acute cardiovascular disease hospitalizations around the 2016 presidential election

Cited by 16 publications

References 31 publications

Highly public anti-Black violence is associated with poor mental health days for Black Americans

Highly public anti-Black violence is associated with poor mental health days for Black Americans

Association of the 2020 US Presidential Election With Hospitalizations for Acute Cardiovascular Conditions

Analysis of Significant Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) Variations in Psychological Stress

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