Psychosituational factors and duodenal ulceration in South African blacks and Indians.
Forty-one patients with endoscopically confirmed recent duodenal ulceration and 38 controls were studied by a multidisciplinary team. Results indicated that the development of duodenal ulceration may be promoted by stressful situations (71%), especially those which are work-related, avoidance-avoidance conflict (56%), and a compliant personality (51%). Denial was employed by 32%. On the basis of these psychosituational findings a hypothesis for the pathogenesis of duodenal ulceration has been postulated.
D001741:Black or African American; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications; D044383:Black People; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D013019:South Africa; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications