생활사건과 뇌졸중 발병의 연관성에 관한 연구

The Relationship between Life Events and the Attack of Stroke

This study was done to evaluate the correlation between life events and the attack of stroke. The subjects were 54 stroke patients, whose diagnosis were confirmed by CT Scan of brain, and who were admitted to National Medical Center from September 1987 to February 1988. The comparison group were 52 inpatients with fracture ; we selected these patients because it was easy to confirm the diagnosis and the date of onset. The degree of stress caused by life events was measured by the ‘ Life Change Unit’ methodology. We examined the life changes during 1 year prior to the onset of illness. The results were summarized as follows ; 1) The mean LCU of the subjects with stroke was siginificantly higher than comparison subjects (p〈.001). 2) In the analysis of 17 factors, statistically significant difference was seen in ‘health’ , ‘death’ , ‘offspring’ , “family trouble and conflict，, and ‘living environment’ (p<C.0019). 3) In the discriminant analysis, only the ‘ age’ could discriminate between the subjects with stroke and comparison subjects. 4) In the analysis of mean LCU according to advancing age, the mean LCU of the comparison subjects had a significant negative correlation with advancing age but the mean LCU of subjects with stroke did not. In conclusion, there are statistically meaningful correlation between the attack of stroke and life events.