Good Stress Management Capability Is Associated with Lower Body Mass Index and Restful Sleep in the Elderly

• Published in: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine Vol. 229; no. 1; pp. 5 - 10
• Main Authors: Teraoka, Seitaro, Hayashida, Naomi, Shinkawa, Tetsuko, Taira, Yasuyuki, Nagai-Sekitani, Yui, Irie, Sumiko, Kamasaki, Toshihiko, Nakashima-Hashiguchi, Kanami, Yoshida, Koji, Orita, Makiko, Morishita, Michiko, Clancey, Gregory, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Tohoku University Medical Press 2013
• Subjects: Aged; Biomarkers; Body Mass Index; capability of stress management; cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Middle Aged; psychological condition; Risk Factors; sense of coherence; Sense of Coherence - physiology; Sleep - physiology; Statistics, Nonparametric; Stress, Psychological - prevention & control; Surveys and Questionnaires; Japan

Psychosocial stress is generally associated with adverse health behaviors and has been linked to the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Recently, an individual's sense of coherence (SOC), which is a concept that reflects the ability to cope with psychosocial stress, has been recogniz...