Possible connections among job stress, depressive symptoms, lipid modulation and antioxidants

Autor: Kayoko Shimoi, Asami Tatsumi, Keiko Yamamoto, Naohide Kinae, Hirohito Tsuboi, Fumio Kobayashi
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of Affective Disorders. 91:63-70
ISSN: 0165-0327
Popis: Background Oxidative/antioxidative status may be related to psychological stress or pathogenesis of depression. Subjects and methods Participants were selected from 381 female nurses working in a university hospital, and the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire was utilized to assess them. Nurses with high job stress (JS) (n = 18) and with low JS (n = 15) consented to participate in this study. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D). Cholesterols, lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde, MDA) and antioxidants in the plasma were measured. Results High JS participants exhibited significantly higher CES-D scores (t = 3.34, p
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