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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 9 of 9 Research Studies DisplayedWallace DD, Barrington C, Albrecht S
The role of stress responses on engagement in dietary and physical activity behaviors among Latino adults living with prediabetes.
This study used qualitative methods to understand how Latinos with prediabetes attempted to modify their diet and physical activity behaviors to slow type-2 diabetes progression and how stress affected their engagement in these behaviors. Findings showed that stress affected behavioral and cognitive progresses that adversely altered primarily dietary behaviors.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032.
Citation: Wallace DD, Barrington C, Albrecht S .
The role of stress responses on engagement in dietary and physical activity behaviors among Latino adults living with prediabetes.
Ethn Health 2022 Aug;27(6):1395-409. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2021.1880549..
Keywords: Stress, Nutrition, Lifestyle Changes, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Diabetes, Chronic Conditions
Akingbade O, Peek ME, Tung EL. O, Peek ME, Tung EL
Network size or proximity? Association of network characteristics with violence-related stress and PTSD among racial/ethnic minorities in Chicago.
This research brief examined the association of network size compared to network size and proximity and the psychosocial health and PTSD rates among high-risk racial/ethnic minorities in two Chicago neighborhoods. A sample of 504 adults were surveyed from one South and one West side Chicago clinic in 2018. Only participants who self-reported lifetime exposure in the Brief Trauma Questionnaire to community violence were included, decreasing the sample size to 297. The majority of participants were female (69%) and non-Hispanic Black (75%). Two-thirds were direct victims of robbery or assault, and one-third tested positive for PTSD. Median number of network confidants was found to be 2. A larger network size (> 3 confidants) within 30 minutes from home was significantly associated with 67% lower adjusted odds of PTSD compared to those with no confidants within 30 minutes from home.
AHRQ-funded; HS023007.
Citation: Akingbade O, Peek ME, Tung EL. O, Peek ME, Tung EL .
Network size or proximity? Association of network characteristics with violence-related stress and PTSD among racial/ethnic minorities in Chicago.
J Gen Intern Med 2022 Jan;37(1):255-57. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06607-w..
Keywords: Behavioral Health, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Stress, Domestic Violence
Wallace DD, Lytle LA, Albrecht S
All of that causes me stress: an exploration of the sources of stress experienced by Latinxs living with prediabetes.
Latinxs immigrants in the United States experience sources of stress (i.e., stressors) that can limit their ability to engage in healthy behaviors. Stress has been linked to increased type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk in Latinxs living with prediabetes, a group disproportionately affected by T2D. The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and contextualize the variety of stressors experienced by Latinxs immigrants diagnosed with prediabetes.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032.
Citation: Wallace DD, Lytle LA, Albrecht S .
All of that causes me stress: an exploration of the sources of stress experienced by Latinxs living with prediabetes.
J Lat Psychol 2021 Aug;9(3):204-16. doi: 10.1037/lat0000168..
Keywords: Stress, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Diabetes, Chronic Conditions, Behavioral Health
Hickey EJ, Stransky M, Kuhn J
Parent stress and coping trajectories in Hispanic and non-Hispanic families of children at risk of autism spectrum disorder.
This study examined trajectories of parenting stress, coping, and perceived family impact over time throughout the autism diagnostic process among Hispanic and non-Hispanic families. Findings showed that Hispanic families reported lower levels of parenting stress, coping, and negative family impact across time. Further, there were differences in the change in use of coping and the amount of negative family impact reported between Hispanic and non-Hispanic parents over time.
AHRQ-funded; HS022242.
Citation: Hickey EJ, Stransky M, Kuhn J .
Parent stress and coping trajectories in Hispanic and non-Hispanic families of children at risk of autism spectrum disorder.
Autism 2021 Aug;25(6):1694-708. doi: 10.1177/13623613211001611..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Autism, Stress, Behavioral Health, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Elm JHL, Walls ML, Aronson BD
Sources of stress among Midwest American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes.
Investigators analyzed focus group transcripts of American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes from five tribal communities and classified stressors using an inductive/deductive analytical approach. They identified poverty, genocide, and colonization as fundamental causes of contemporary stress and health outcomes for American Indians and concluded that stressors are generally experienced as chronic, regardless of the duration of the stressor.
AHRQ-funded; HS024180.
Citation: Elm JHL, Walls ML, Aronson BD .
Sources of stress among Midwest American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes.
Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res 2019;26(1):33-62. doi: 10.5820/aian.2601.2019.33..
Keywords: Diabetes, Chronic Conditions, Stress, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Vulnerable Populations
Kim DH, Bassett SM, So S
Family stress and youth mental health problems: self-efficacy and future orientation mediation.
This study assessed whether future orientation and self-esteem affected the relationship between family stress and mental health problems among African American youth in predominantly low-income neighborhoods. Youths (mainly female, average age 15.83 years old) were sampled for family stress, self-esteem, future orientation, mental health and other covariates such as gender and sexual orientation. A correlation was found between future orientation and self-esteem levels and family stress and mental health problems.
AHRQ-funded; HS000078.
Citation: Kim DH, Bassett SM, So S .
Family stress and youth mental health problems: self-efficacy and future orientation mediation.
Am J Orthopsychiatry 2019;89(2):125-33. doi: 10.1037/ort0000371..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Family Health and History, Low-Income, Behavioral Health, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Stress, Vulnerable Populations
Muzny CA, Perez AE, Eaton EF
Psychosocial stressors and sexual health among Southern African American women who have sex with women.
This study identifies psychosocial stressors, including sexual health, among Southern African American women who have sex with other women. Stressors included alcohol/drug use at last sexual encounter, and intimate partner violence (IPV). Incarceration was associated with STI history. All these stressors were also associated if they had sex with men.
AHRQ-funded; HS023009.
Citation: Muzny CA, Perez AE, Eaton EF .
Psychosocial stressors and sexual health among Southern African American women who have sex with women.
LGBT Health 2018 May/Jun;5(4):234-41. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2017.0263..
Keywords: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Sexual Health, Stress, Women
Sawchuk CN, Roy-Byrne P, Noonan C
Panic attacks and panic disorder in the American Indian community.
The purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiology, clinical features, and comorbidities of panic attacks and panic disorder in two large American Indian tribes. It found that the prevalence and clinical features of panic attacks and panic disorder in American Indians were similar to epidemiologic studies with majority populations. However, in contrast to earlier research, panic symptoms were similar in both males and females, and different patterns of comorbidity emerged.
AHRQ-funded; HS010854.
Citation: Sawchuk CN, Roy-Byrne P, Noonan C .
Panic attacks and panic disorder in the American Indian community.
J Anxiety Disord 2017 May;48:6-12. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.10.004.
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Keywords: Anxiety, Behavioral Health, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Stress
Sawchuk CN, Roy-Byrne P, Noonan C
The association of panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and major depression with smoking in American Indians.
This survey asked whether lifetime panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and major depression were related to lifetime cigarette smoking in two geographically distinct American Indian tribes. It found that the odds of smoking were two times higher in Southwest participants with panic disorder and major depression, and 1.7 times higher in those with posttraumatic stress disorder, after controlling for sociodemographic variables.
AHRQ-funded; HS010854.
Citation: Sawchuk CN, Roy-Byrne P, Noonan C .
The association of panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and major depression with smoking in American Indians.
Nicotine Tob Res 2016 Mar;18(3):259-66. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv071.
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Keywords: Depression, Tobacco Use, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Stress