• Adolescent psychological well-being tied

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    Adolescent psychological well-being tied to adult risk of cardiovascular disease, study finds
    Researchers find that people who are more upbeat in their youth can lower their chances for heart disease as adults

    Date:
    February 22, 2022
    Source:
    University of Missouri-Columbia
    Summary:
    Scientists have known for years that a person's risk of
    cardiovascular disease (CVD) can be lowered with lifestyle changes
    such as modifying diet, exercise, alcohol and tobacco use. Now a
    new study shows that a long-term association also exists between
    an adolescent's psychological well-being and their risk of CVD
    as an adult. Specifically, they found that people who are more
    optimistic or positive when they are adolescents can lower their
    chances of being in the high-risk category for CVD as an adult.



    FULL STORY ========================================================================== Scientists have known for years that a person's risk of cardiovascular
    disease (CVD) can be lowered with lifestyle changes such as modifying
    diet, exercise, alcohol and tobacco use. Now Anand Chockalingam and Sharan Srinivas at the University of Missouri demonstrate in a new study that a long-term association also exists between an adolescent's psychological well-being and their risk of CVD as an adult.


    ========================================================================== Specifically, Chockalingam, a professor of clinical medicine,
    and Srinivas, an assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing
    systems engineering, have found that people who are more optimistic or
    positive when they are adolescents can lower their chances of being in
    the high-risk category for CVD as an adult.

    "Here, we are recognizing the role of the environment and lifestyle in
    heart disease," said, Chockalingam, who is also a cardiologist with MU
    Health Care.

    "Some prior research has shown that more than 80% of all heart attacks
    can be prevented with a few simple lifestyle interventions at any point
    in the individual's life. Although a heart attack may occur at the
    age of 55, the underlying buildup of plaque or atherosclerosis starts
    much earlier, often in teenage years. By exploring healthy habits and connecting with optimistic peers in the impressionable teenage years,
    it becomes intuitive to sustain a good lifestyle." Chockalingam believes
    this study emphasizes the value of optimism in an adolescent's life.

    "Adolescents are simultaneously understanding the world as well as their
    own inner nature and mindset," Chockalingam said. "Therefore, parents
    and other caregivers have a substantial role in the lifetime resilience
    and outlook of children. The biggest legacy that anyone can pass on for subsequent generations is optimism." The team analyzed data from study participants involved with the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent
    to Adult Health (Add Health). Chockalingam said the database served as
    a rich source of information for their study.



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    "The Add Health database meticulously collected data from over 20,000 adolescents when they were about 15 years of age, and followed up
    every few years afterwards with repeated surveys of several hundred
    health aspects for the same group of children," Chockalingam said. "This
    gives us a unique window into the lifetime risk and correlation between
    various social, economic, psychological and genetic health determinants."
    A shared interest in tennis Both researchers have personal experience that reflects the results of their study. Srinivas credits his involvement in
    sports as a youth in India, including playing competitive tennis until age
    18, for leading to a life and career advocating for a healthy lifestyle,
    both mentally and physically.

    His passion, along with a continued interest in playing tennis, also
    led to a serendipitous research collaboration with Chockalingam. What
    began as a friendly game of tennis between two working professionals -- Srinivas and Chockalingam -- grew over time to include discussions of
    their mutual interests in health care-related research. Eventually, the
    two began working together on research projects, and their expertise complements one another -- Srinivas focuses on data analytics and
    industrial engineering tools to improve both the patient and health
    care provider experience; Chockalingam provides clinical insights and
    a health care provider perspective.

    Integrating engineering and health care Srinivas believes this study
    could help clinicians develop a personalized approach to lower someone's
    CVD risk by integrating problem-solving techniques currently used by
    industrial engineers that place an emphasis on prevention and early
    detection.



    ========================================================================== "There are several step-by-step techniques established by industrial
    engineers that help with early detection of problems in the manufacturing
    and service industries," said Srinivas, who has a joint appointment
    in the Trulaske College of Business. "This is an opportunity to adapt
    some of these techniques to enable health care practitioners to monitor
    the well-being of an adolescent over time, because that's the formative
    stage where your outlook on life is established, and it doesn't change
    much after that." Srinivas acknowledges this study is only a first
    step toward establishing the association between adolescent well-being
    and CVD risk. He believes additional analysis of other data sets are
    needed to help overcome a limitation they had in this study, which was
    only taking a snapshot of someone's life during adolescence and again
    during young adulthood. He says there needs to be additional insights
    into how people are doing in between these life stages.

    In the future, Srinivas would like to explore the use of other industrial engineering and data analytics techniques, such as machine learning.

    "We want to use these techniques to help predict the long-term risk for
    CVD among adolescents, and uncover the impact that underlying factors
    can have on a person's chance to develop CVD, including the influence
    of a person's well- being," Srinivas said.

    "Adolescent psychological well-being and adulthood cardiovascular
    disease risk: longitudinal association and implications for care
    quality management," was published in Benchmarking: An International
    Journal. Kavin Anand, an undergraduate student at Stanford University,
    also contributed to this work.

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    ========================================================================== Journal Reference:
    1. Sharan Srinivas, Kavin Anand, Anand Chockalingam. Adolescent
    psychological well-being and adulthood cardiovascular disease
    risk: longitudinal association and implications for care quality
    management.

    Benchmarking: An International Journal, 2021; DOI:
    10.1108/BIJ-06-2021- 0369 ==========================================================================

    Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220222135446.htm

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