Impact of Emerging Pandemics on Cardiovascular Health and Psychological Stress: A Systematic Review | Chapter 2 | An Overview of Disease and Health Research Vol. 3

Introduction: Every epidemic that breaks out could cause confusion and fear in society. Little is known regarding behavioural changes and health condition responses, despite the dramatic warning in the media. There is an extremely strong correlation between the onset of cardiovascular disease and the pandemic.

 

Aim: The goal of the study was to find out how the pandemic's stress affected the heart's regular physiological processes.

 

Methodology: Information about the potential effects of psychological stress brought on by the pandemic on cardiac physiological function was gathered from several databases. Using the various databases, studies that examined the relationship between stress on CVDs or the emergence of the pandemic and the cardiovascular system were found. A total of 37 studies were chosen for full assessment out of the more than 200 abstracts that were screened to ascertain whether all inclusion requirements were satisfied. Among these studies, one focused on evaluating the stress levels of front-line medical staff in China, particularly those working at a provincial hospital during the coronavirus outbreak and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

 

Discussion: As a result, a study revealed that medical staff members experienced significantly higher levels of moderate and severe anxiety than their administrative counterparts. Prior research on severe acute respiratory syndrome emphasised the importance of increasing awareness of mitigating strategies. Because a larger perceived danger of infection was more likely to result in an increase in cautionary events in contrast to contamination, this strategy was taken into consideration with the underlying insights of risk and anxiety. The implementation of control measures raises the stress level, which may cause CVD to develop.

 

Conclusion: There is adequate evidence that illustrates the physiological manifestation of the respiratory system and obstruction of the blood flow that might lead to the development of CVD. If not properly controlled might lead to death due to a heart attack.

 

Author(s) Details

Matome M Sekhotha
Department of Physiology and Environmental Health, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa.

 

Tlou R Senosha
Department of Physiology and Environmental Health, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa.

 

Maropeng R Ntsoane
Department of Physiology and Environmental Health, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa.

 

 

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Impacts of Stress, Emotions, and Personality Traits on Psychosomatic Diseases: A Focus on Asthma and Cardiovascular Conditions | Chapter 2 | Current Progress in Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 10

Background: The incidence rates of psychosomatic diseases are increasing year by year, but the biomedical model cannot fully explain the pathogenesis, and the therapeutic effect is not ideal. Objective: Taking asthma and cardiovascular diseases as examples, the objective is to understand the progress of the impacts of three major psychological factors including stress, emotions, and personality traits on psychosomatic diseases. Methods: A literature search is used to retrieve Chinese or English survey reports and randomized controlled trial reports of the influences of stress, emotion, or traits of personality on asthma or cardiovascular illnesses from CNKI, Google Scholar, and PubMed. Results: Twenty-nine papers are included. Stress, emotions, and personality traits are important predictive variables for clinical parameters such as the onset, treatment compliance, severity, and recurrence frequency. Conclusion: Previous studies have provided useful opinions on the impacts of stress, emotions, and personality traits on psychosomatic diseases, with good theoretical and practical value. However, research methods need to be improved.

 

Author (s) Details

Hou Yongmei
Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Management, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, 523808, China.

 

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The Influence of Serotonin in Plantain Diet on Fear and Anxiety Behavior in Mice: Implications for Dietary impact on Emotion | Chapter 12 | New Visions in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 1

The objective of this book chapter is to report the outcome of investigating the mechanism of effect of consuming plantain diet on fear and anxiety behavior, using mice in experiment model. Two categories (cat) of three groups of mice were administered as follows; cat 1 - normal chow (group A/control), 50% plantain (group B), 100% plantain (group C) and cat 2 - normal chow (group 1), 100% plantain (group 2), 100% plantain + serotonin antagonist –ritanserin (group 3) respectively for a period of 30 days. Thereafter, both categories of mice were subjected to neurobehavioral studies using elevated plus maze and light/dark box, after which they were sacrificed and portion of brain tissue were collected and homogenized for estimation of serotonin (5-HT) concentration using High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Variability among the groups was determined by analysis of variance (ANOVA), whereas between groups, appropriate comparisons were made by Student t-test. Result of neurobehavioral analysis showed a significant increase in open arm duration and time spent in light chamber for plantain-fed mice than control; implying that plantain reduced anxiety and fear behavior for cat 1.  The neurochemical analysis for cat 1 showed that 5-HT level was significantly (p<0.001) elevated in the brain of plantain-diet fed mice than control (group A), indicating that plantain increased 5-HT concentration. In the cat 2, duration in open arm and in light camber was reduced significantly p<0.05 in group 3 (100% plantain + ritanserin) than control and 100% plantain group; implying increased fear and anxiety behavior. These results suggest that plantain meal may have influenced emotion by reducing fear and anxiety, with 5-HT as an active ingredient in plantain.

Author(s) Details:

Peter P. Erigbali,
Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria.

Oweipikumo F. Dabirilagha,
Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria.

Price P. Joffa,
Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria.

Eme E. Osim,
Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Nigeria.

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Human Figures in Rabindranath Tagore’s Paintings | Chapter 13 | Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 6

 Rabindranath Tagore started painting in his sixties, while he was in his sixties. Despite this, he created thousands of pieces and was the first Indian artist to have his work exhibited in Europe, Russia, and the United States in 1930. His painting technique was distinctive, with basic powerful forms and a rhythmic aspect, and it influenced many contemporary Indian artists. Landscapes, animal figures, and human features were all painted by Tagore. In his artistic works, human features are a recurring theme. This motif demonstrates his insatiable curiosity about human personalities. In his paintings, he made the faces into a mask or a hieratic sign of a social type. His faces are diverse in look and socioeconomic status, and they encompass a huge range of human experience inside their own lineaments.

Author (s) Details

Disha Mondal
Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West-Bengal, India.

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Assessing Consumer Experience in the Retail Sector: Differences by Demographic Variables | Chapter 5 | Insights into Economics and Management Vol. 8

 Nowadays, retailers must strive to set themselves apart from their rivals by providing a positive shopping experience for their customers. The author identifies multiple experience dimensions and develops a six-dimensional shopping experience scale: sensory (tactile, smell, auditory, visual, and taste), intellectual (through design and with employees), social, pragmatic, and emotional. When we looked at the experiences by sector of operation, we discovered that emotional experiences predominate in certain areas, such as jewellery and bookstores. According to empirical research, certain demographic variables (age, gender, and level of education) vary in relation to the dimensions of the consumer shopping experience (sensory experience, intelectual experience through design and emotional experience). Since major variations in these types of experiences are observed based on the demographic variables listed above, it is critical to develop innovations related to these experiences. The retailer would create an experiential shop that is of special interest to the customer, enhancing imagination, ingenuity, and arousing consumer curiosity.

Author (s) Details

Silvia Cachero-Martínez
Business Administration Department, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.

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