Influence of a "Warm Touch" Support Enhancement Intervention Among Married Couples on Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Oxytocin, Alpha Amylase, and Cortisol
Influence of a "Warm Touch" Support Enhancement Intervention Among Married Couples on Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Oxytocin, Alpha Amylase, and Cortisol
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DOI：
10.1097/psy.0b013e318187aef7
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发表时间：
2008-11-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Light, Kathleen C.
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作者：
Holt-Lunstad, Julianne;Birmingham, Wendy A.;Light, Kathleen C.
目的：研究支持干预（暖触增强）是否会影响与重要健康结果相关的生理应激系统。越来越多的证据表明，社会和情感支持对发病率和死亡率都有保护作用。方法：本研究将34对20 ~ 39岁（平均25.2岁）的健康已婚夫妇（n = 68）随机分为“行为监测”对照组或参与为期4周的干预研究，在干预前和干预后测量血浆催产素、24小时动态血压、唾液皮质醇和α -淀粉酶的临床水平，同时在第1周和第4周在家中服用唾液催产素。结果：干预组早期和晚期唾液催产素均较对照组升高，干预组夫妻治疗后α淀粉酶均较对照组降低。干预组的丈夫治疗后24小时收缩压明显低于对照组。结论：夫妻之间增加温暖的接触对多个应激敏感系统有有益的影响。
Objective: To investigate whether a support intervention (warm touch enhancement) influences physiological stress systems that are linked to important health outcomes. Growing evidence points to a protective effect of social and emotional support on both morbidity and mortality. Methods: In this study, 34 healthy married couples (n = 68), aged 20 to 39 years (mean = 25.2 years), were randomly assigned to a "behavior monitoring" control group or participated in a 4-week intervention study in which clinic levels of plasma oxytocin, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, and salivary cortisol and alpha amylase were obtained pre and post intervention, at the same time salivary oxytocin was taken at home during weeks 1 and 4. Results: Salivary oxytocin was enhanced both early and late in the intervention group and alpha amylase was reduced at post treatment in intervention group husbands and wives relative to controls. Husbands in the intervention group had significantly lower post treatment 24-hour systolic blood pressure than the control group. Conclusion: Increasing warm touch among couples has a beneficial influence on multiple stress-sensitive systems.