Life events and daily stress in duodenal ulcer disease. A prospective study of patients with active disease and in remission.
Life events and daily stress were assessed in patients with duodenal ulcer, active or in remission, and in matched disease and normal controls. The mean positive life event scores were significantly lower in duodenal ulcer patients than in disease and healthy controls, and lower in patients with active ulcer than in those in remission. The positive scores and total life change scores decreased significantly after 6 months in the control groups and showed no significant variation in the duodenal ulcer group after 6 months. We conclude that the perception of life events, especially positive ones, is associated with duodenal ulcer.
Hui
W M
WM
Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong.
Shiu
L P
LP
Lok
A S
AS
Lam
S K
SK
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors