Reduced Activity Restriction Buffers the Relations Between Chronic Stress and Sympathetic Nervous System Activation

Jennifer S. Ho, Jennifer Bordon, Vicki Wang, Jennifer Ceglowski, Daniel H. Kim, Elizabeth A. Chattillion, Thomas L. Patterson, Igor Grant, Michael G. Ziegler, Paul J. Mills and Brent T. Mausbach

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2014, vol. 69, issue 3, 408-416

Abstract: Objectives. Caregivers of dementia patients are at risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), and this risk increases the longer they provide care. Greater perceptions that caregiving restricts social/recreational activities (i.e., activity restriction [AR]) has been associated with poorer health, and AR may exacerbate the relations between stress and health outcomes. The current study examined the interactive role of greater exposure to stress and increased AR on plasma catecholamine (CAT) levels: norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (EPI).

Date: 2014
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