Higher Psychological and Psychovegetative Strain in Adolescents with Atypical Pigment Naevi
| Autor: | Eva-Maria Trapp, Peter Komericki, Michael Trapp, Josef W. Egger, Hans-Peter Kapfhammer, Nina Hörlesberger, Andrey Lvov, Gerold Schwantzer, J Baulmann, Michael Dennis Linder, Erika Richtig, Peter Michael Rohrer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Proband medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Time Factors Adolescent Cross-sectional study Blood Pressure Dermatology Autonomic Nervous System Arousal Electrocardiography Cost of Illness Heart Rate Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Statistical significance Internal medicine Botany Heart rate Humans Medicine Nevus Pigmented business.industry Age Factors General Medicine Baroreflex Cross-Sectional Studies Blood pressure Adolescent Behavior Austria Population study Female Observational study business Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Acta Dermato Venereologica. 95:67-71 |
| ISSN: | 0001-5555 |
| DOI: | 10.2340/00015555-1837 |
| Popis: | An observational, exploratory, cross-sectional study was performed to assess whether the presence of atypical naevi (AN) in adolescents is associated with psychological and psychovegetative stress parameters. Fifty-one students of a secondary school in Graz, Austria, completed a defined test procedure consisting of an initial period of rest, a standardised mental stress task, another period rest and a questionnaire, the change-sensitive symptom list (ASS-SYM). Electrocardiogram and blood pressure were recorded continuously. The study population was divided in two groups: probands without AN (NAN, n = 33), and probands with at least one AN (n = 18). We found higher values for the AN group in all scales of ASS-SYM, reaching statistical significance in the dimensions "nervousness and mental tension" (p = 0.025), "psychophysiological dysregulation" (p = 0.020), burden of pain" (p = 0.023) and "general symptoms and problems" (p = 0.031). Regarding physiological parameters, the AN group showed higher vegetative strain reflected in heart rate and heart rate varibility during the periods of rest as well as a reduced baroreceptor sensitivity. On the basis of our results, the presence of AN in adolescents seems to be associated with a higher vegetative arousal. Additionally, participants with AN complained significantly more often about stress-associated general psychological symptoms and problems. |
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