BACKGROUND Despite a diverse literature, the association between stress and various cardiovascular conditions remains controversial. Moreover, a direct association between stressful life events (SLEs) and heart rate (HR) have not been fully investigated. This study evaluated the association between SLEs and resting HR in middle-aged Koreans. METHODS A cross-sectional analysis was conducted fo...

The present study was conducted to investigate the frequency and types of life events experienced by psychiatric outpatients and to compare these with the events experienced by a control sample consisting of their normal relatives. One hundred and sixty-six patients and an equal number of marked controls were studied. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the help of an event list. Res...

AIM The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between sickness presence and stressful life events among health care workers. METHODS Data were gathered from all health care workers at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana employed there in the period between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2010. Each employee obtained a questionnaire composed of two standardized international q...

CONTEXT Literature is inconsistent about the role of gender in mediating the relationship between life events and depression. AIM Our objective was to explore gender differences in patterns and frequencies of stressful life events before onset of a depressive episode. SETTING AND DESIGN Cross-sectional study at a tertiary care center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS One hundred patients fulfilling D...