Dissertation Research: The Impact of Perceived Stress, Health Behavior, and Social Support on the Occurrence of IBD in Asian and British Populations in Great Britain

麦格拉思/巴龙9309267人们普遍认为，心理社会压力与健康之间存在因果关系，但这种关系的确切性质尚不清楚。本研究的目的是考察社会因素的重要性，特别是社会支持和文化决定的健康相关行为的差异，作为连接心理社会压力和健康结果的中介变量。特别是，将在英国两个城市的亚洲和英国居民中研究精神社会压力、社会支持和病态炎症性肠病(IBD)发作的频率、持续时间和严重程度之间的相互关系。IBD是一种病因不明的慢性胃肠道疾病，会导致恶心、疼痛和血性腹泻。众所周知，整个欧洲，特别是英国，IBD的全球患病率最高，这表明欧洲血统的人具有遗传易感性。然而，生活在英国的亚洲人表现出与英国本土人相似的IBD患病率。亚洲人和土生土长的英国人都表现出IBD的高患病率这一事实表明，非遗传因素在IBD的病因中起着重要作用，这些因素对英国人和在英国的亚洲居民的影响是一样的。心理社会压力与医生和患者的疾病发作和复发有关。英国莱斯特的初步研究表明，感知压力和健康行为的文化差异会影响IBD发作的频率、持续时间和严重程度，而这种差异被患病率掩盖了。这项研究的假设是，英国人和亚洲人通过行为识别和应对应激情况的文化模式不同，导致了不同的健康模式和与压力相关的慢性病，在本例中为IBD。*McGrath/Barone人们普遍认为，心理社会压力与健康存在因果关系，但这种压力的确切性质%‘！！！F S时代新罗马符号&Amp；Arial 1 PRES Elite 5 Courier New&amp；Casablanca Q“h 2 E 2 E+2 Debra Teresa White Raymond Hmes

McGrath/Barone 9309267 It is generally accepted that psycho social stress is causally related to health but the precise nature of this relationship is not clear. The purpose of the present study is to examine the importance of social factors, particularly social support and culturally determined differences in health-related behaviors, as intervening variables linking psycho social stress and health outcome. In particular, the interrelationships between psycho social stress, social support, and the frequency, duration, and severity of morbid Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) episodes will be examined in Asian and British residents of two cities in Great Britain. IBD is a category of chronic gastrointestinal tract diseases, of unknown etiology, that produces episodes of nausea, pain and bloody diarrhea. Europe in general and Great Britain in particular are known to have the highest worldwide prevalences of IBD, suggesting a genetic predisposition for people of European ancestry. However, Asians living in Great Britain exhibit prevalences of IBD similar to native Britons. The fact that both Asians and native Britons exhibit high prevalences of IBD suggests that non genetic factors play an important role in the etiology of IBD and that these factors impact equally on British and Asian residents of Great Britain. Psycho social stress is associated with disease onset and recurrence by physicians and patients. Pilot research in Leicester, England suggests cultural differences in perceived stress and health behavior affect the frequency, duration, and severity of IBD episodes, differences masked in prevalence rat es. It is the hypothesis of the present study that British and Asian populations have different cultural patterns for identifying and responding through behavior to stressful situations, resulting in different patterns of health and stress-related chronic disease, in this case IBD. *** McGrath/Barone It is generally accepted that psycholsocial stress is causally related to health but the precise nature of thi % ' ! ! ! F S Times New Roman Symbol & Arial 1 Pres Elite 5 Courier New & Casablanca q " h 2 E 2 E + 2 DEBRA TERESA WHITE Raymond Hames