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The Impact of Stress on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing Process and on the Psychophysiological Environment of the Individual Suffering from them

INTRODUCTION: The occurrence of a pressure ulcer constitutes a major psychological and physiological burden and it has been linked with a reduced quality of life and increased stress of the individual. OBJECTIVE: The main objective was to investigate the impact that stress has on pressure ulcer heal...

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Autores principales: Charalambous, Charalambos, Vassilopoulos, Aristides, Koulouri, Agoritsa, Eleni, Siamaga, Popi, Sotiropoulou, Antonis, Farmakas, Pitsilidou, Maria, Roupa, Zoe
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Publicado: Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30524170
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2018.72.362-366
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author Charalambous, Charalambos
Vassilopoulos, Aristides
Koulouri, Agoritsa
Eleni, Siamaga
Popi, Sotiropoulou
Antonis, Farmakas
Pitsilidou, Maria
Roupa, Zoe
author_facet Charalambous, Charalambos
Vassilopoulos, Aristides
Koulouri, Agoritsa
Eleni, Siamaga
Popi, Sotiropoulou
Antonis, Farmakas
Pitsilidou, Maria
Roupa, Zoe
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description INTRODUCTION: The occurrence of a pressure ulcer constitutes a major psychological and physiological burden and it has been linked with a reduced quality of life and increased stress of the individual. OBJECTIVE: The main objective was to investigate the impact that stress has on pressure ulcer healing process and on the psychophysiological environment of the individual suffering from them. METHOD: The scientific literature was reviewed through Cinahl, Pub-med, EBSCO, Medline and Google scholar. The articles were chosen due to their direct correlation with the objective under study and their scientific relevance. RESULTS: Increased stress has been demonstrated to increase the glucocorticoids levels affecting negatively the production of wound healing cytokines (IL1α, IL1β and TNFα). Matrix metalloproteases has been identified to be unregulated in occasions of increased stress in acute wounds. Stress has also been correlated with poor health behaviors that may not have a direct link on the wound healing process, although they can in part explain or enhance some of the effects of stress on wound healing. CONCLUSION: The correlation between stress and wound healing in acute wounds has been thoroughly investigated and its negative effects have been established. The presence of a pressure ulcer can have a detrimental impact on the stress level of an individual although further investigation is needed to establish the role of stress in chronic wounds such as pressure ulcers.
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spelling pubmed-62829112018-12-06 The Impact of Stress on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing Process and on the Psychophysiological Environment of the Individual Suffering from them Charalambous, Charalambos Vassilopoulos, Aristides Koulouri, Agoritsa Eleni, Siamaga Popi, Sotiropoulou Antonis, Farmakas Pitsilidou, Maria Roupa, Zoe Med Arch Review INTRODUCTION: The occurrence of a pressure ulcer constitutes a major psychological and physiological burden and it has been linked with a reduced quality of life and increased stress of the individual. OBJECTIVE: The main objective was to investigate the impact that stress has on pressure ulcer healing process and on the psychophysiological environment of the individual suffering from them. METHOD: The scientific literature was reviewed through Cinahl, Pub-med, EBSCO, Medline and Google scholar. The articles were chosen due to their direct correlation with the objective under study and their scientific relevance. RESULTS: Increased stress has been demonstrated to increase the glucocorticoids levels affecting negatively the production of wound healing cytokines (IL1α, IL1β and TNFα). Matrix metalloproteases has been identified to be unregulated in occasions of increased stress in acute wounds. Stress has also been correlated with poor health behaviors that may not have a direct link on the wound healing process, although they can in part explain or enhance some of the effects of stress on wound healing. CONCLUSION: The correlation between stress and wound healing in acute wounds has been thoroughly investigated and its negative effects have been established. The presence of a pressure ulcer can have a detrimental impact on the stress level of an individual although further investigation is needed to establish the role of stress in chronic wounds such as pressure ulcers. Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6282911/ /pubmed/30524170 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2018.72.362-366 Text en © 2018 Charalambos Charalambous, Aristides Vassilopoulos, Agoritsa Koulouri, Siamaga Eleni, Sotiropoulou Popi, Farmakas Antonis, Maria Pitsilidou, Zoe Roupa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Charalambous, Charalambos
Vassilopoulos, Aristides
Koulouri, Agoritsa
Eleni, Siamaga
Popi, Sotiropoulou
Antonis, Farmakas
Pitsilidou, Maria
Roupa, Zoe
The Impact of Stress on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing Process and on the Psychophysiological Environment of the Individual Suffering from them
title The Impact of Stress on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing Process and on the Psychophysiological Environment of the Individual Suffering from them
title_full The Impact of Stress on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing Process and on the Psychophysiological Environment of the Individual Suffering from them
title_fullStr The Impact of Stress on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing Process and on the Psychophysiological Environment of the Individual Suffering from them
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Stress on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing Process and on the Psychophysiological Environment of the Individual Suffering from them
title_short The Impact of Stress on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing Process and on the Psychophysiological Environment of the Individual Suffering from them
title_sort impact of stress on pressure ulcer wound healing process and on the psychophysiological environment of the individual suffering from them
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30524170
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2018.72.362-366
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