Ansiedade, depressão e estresse em pacientes com síndrome metabólica

Autor: Martha Wallig Brusius Ludwig, Catherine Bortolon, Marcela Bortolini, Ana Maria Feoli, Fabrício Edler Macagnan, Margareth da Silva Oliveira
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia, Vol 64, Iss 1, Pp 31-46 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0100-8692
1809-5267
Popis: Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is a set of risk factors for cardiovascular disease related to a unhealthy lifestyle. Some studies indicate the presence of psychological complications like depression, anxiety and stress in these patients. The evaluation of these is essential to an individualized treatment designed the patients improve and compliance to the guidelines. This study aims to present a socio-demographic description and the anxiety, depression and stress of participants of the program Modification of Lifestyle for Cardiovascular Risk developed in the city Porto Alegre, RS. Most of the 38 participants were female (78,9%) and had completed higher education (42,1%). In relation to the other aspects evaluated, 31.6% had moderate symptoms of depression, 55.3% were in the resistance stage of stress, 47.4% had minimal symptoms of anxiety and 86.8% had medium to high probability develop stress-related illnesses.
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