From: Psychosocial interventions for patients with chronic disease
Origins of Disease | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | Factor 5 | Factor 6 | Factor 7 |
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Psychological mediators | depression | anxiety | hostility | denial | type A | type C | type D |
Behavioral risk factors | smoking | sedentary life style | poor nutrition | alcohol consumption | suicidal behavior | no care for the own person | over active |
Pathological mechanism | genetic | autonomic im-balance | psycho-immunological path-ways | psycho-endocrinological path-ways | inflammation | lipids/ glucose | coagulation |
Severity of disease | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
somatic | bodily complaints | bodily limitations | pain | Â | Â | Â | Â |
psychological | psychic symptoms | chronic depression | suicidal tenden-cies | chronic anxiety | too many doctor visits | too many drugs | social inhibition |
sociological | low social functioning | social isolation | unable to work | low income | high treatment costs | Â | Â |