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- Title
Osamělost v etiologii somatických onemocnění.
- Authors
PTÁČEK, R.; KUŽELOVÁ, H.; VRABLÍK, M.
- Abstract
Loneliness is not only a psychological and social problem that affects an indiviualęs psyche, it is also a medical problem. Loneliness is a state similar to long-term stress, where the organism is exhausted. People who are lonely have sleep problems and report worse quality of rest, and it is thought they have an increased incidence of a number of somatic diseases. Many of the diseases result from decreased immunity, but the major problem in lonely people is a high incidence of cardiovascular diseases.
- Subjects
LONELINESS; SLEEP disorders; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; IMMUNITY
- Publication
General Practitioner / Praktický Lékař, 2011, Vol 91, Issue 6, p325
- ISSN
0032-6739
- Publication type
Article