Physical impairment, stress, and cardiovascular disorders.
Physical impairments bring about social and psychological consequences leading to stress. Here Dutch epidemiological data were used to test whether the physically disabled have an increased risk of CD. Results indicated this was partly so. Possible confounding variables, however, severely limit a firm statement concerning the relationship between disabling impairments and cardiovascular disorders.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012306:Risk; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000523:psychology