A higher baseline somatization score at sea level as an independent predictor of acute mountain sickness

• Published in: Physiology & behavior Vol. 167; pp. 202 - 208
• Main Authors: Bian, Shi-Zhu, Jin, Jun, Dong, Jun-Qing, Li, Qian-Ning, Yu, Jie, Tang, Cai-Fa, Yu, Shi-Yong, Zhao, Xiao-Hui, Qin, Jun, Huang, Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Acute mountain sickness; Adolescent; Adult; Altitude Sickness - complications; Altitude Sickness - diagnosis; Altitude Sickness - psychology; anxiety; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Blood Pressure; case studies; Chinese people; dyspnea; heart rate; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; lakes; Male; men; Mood Disorders - diagnosis; Mood Disorders - etiology; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - diagnosis; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - etiology; oxygen; patients; Predictor; Psychiatry; psychosocial factors; questionnaires; Reference Values; regression analysis; sea level; Self-Assessment; Somatization symptoms; Somatoform Disorders - diagnosis; Somatoform Disorders - etiology; Statistics, Nonparametric; Surveys and Questionnaires; Symptoms Checklist-90; Young Adult; Acute mountain sickness; Somatization symptoms; Symptoms Checklist-90; Predictor

The current study aimed to identify the predictive values of psychological factors that are evaluated by the Symptoms Checklist-90 (SCL-90) for acute mountain sickness (AMS). The subjects (n=285, non-acclimatized young Chinese men), who were recruited in July 2013, completed a case report questionna...