Blake R L
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia 65212.
Fam Med. 1988 Jan-Feb;20(1):19-24.
Family physicians frequently encounter patients who have recently experienced stressful life changes and who have weak social supports. Since an accumulation of evidence indicates that these psychosocial profiles are associated with health impairment, further investigation of these factors is of importance to family medicine. This paper reviews conceptual and methodologic issues involved in the assessment of the health effects of stress and social support and identifies particular questions and directions appropriate for family medicine research. The ultimate goal of research inquiry in this area is to develop effective clinical and public health strategies that prevent or minimize adverse health consequences.
家庭医生经常会遇到最近经历了生活压力变化且社会支持薄弱的患者。由于越来越多的证据表明，这些心理社会状况与健康损害有关，因此对这些因素进行进一步研究对家庭医学至关重要。本文回顾了压力和社会支持对健康影响评估中涉及的概念和方法问题，并确定了适合家庭医学研究的特定问题和方向。该领域研究探索的最终目标是制定有效的临床和公共卫生策略，以预防或尽量减少不良健康后果。
