chronische stress overstrain tension
Conditions
Interventions
chronic stress
complexity science
dynamical network
early signs
Sponsors
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For patients 1. Between 21 and 65 years of age. 2. Having an indication for rehabilitation at BeLife, center for multidisciplinary rehabilitation and starting the treatment. 3. Referred by an occupational health physician or general practitioner with symptoms of chronic stress (positive score for chronic stress) and associated health complaints to a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program. These associated health complaints include disorders which are stress related (burn out, overstrain, anxiety disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD, chronic as well as acute), chronic complaints of the musculoskeletal system, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, serious hypertension, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS)) 4. A positive score for chronic stress 5. Being at work 6. Being able to write and read. 7. Written informed consent., For healthy volunteers. 1. Between 21 and 65 years of age 2. A negative score for chronic stress. 3. Being able to write and read 4. Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical Allostatic Load Index, a measure for chronic stress. Is chronic stress measurable in blood values? Blood pressure, measure of stress: is hypertenion measurable? Hair cortisol, a measure for the quantity of cortisol in the 5 months before the moment of sampling: was chronic stress measurable in terms of hair cortisol in the 5 months previous to the end of the study? Heart Rate en Heart Rate Variability, a measure for stress and rest (sympathetic en parasympathetic activity): Do these measures show any sign of chronic stress? Questionnaires to measure chronic stress. Questionnaires to measure chronic stress related disorders. Questionnaires work en private situation, to map the stress factors present in the work- en private situation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not applicable. | — |
Countries
The Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed