Open AccessGoal-Striving Stress Is Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease Among Participants in the Jackson Heart Study
Author(s) -
Loretta Cain,
LáShauntá Glover,
Bessie A. Young,
Mario Sims
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2197-3792
pISSN - 2196-8837
DOI - 10.1007/s40615-018-0499-5
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , logistic regression , psychosocial , odds ratio , confidence interval , epidemiology , odds , cohort , socioeconomic status , cohort study , psychological intervention , gerontology , demography , physical therapy , population , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology
Research that assesses the relationship between psychosocial factors and chronic kidney disease (CKD) among African Americans (AAs) is limited. Using the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) cohort data, we investigated the association of goal-striving stress (GSS)-the stress experienced from not reaching goals-with prevalent CKD among AAs.