Rape, asthma and dysfunctional breathing : research letter
Hancox, Robert J.
Rape, asthma and dysfunctional breathing : research letter Robert J. Hancox, Jane Morgan, Nigel Dickson, Jennie Connor and Joanne M. Baxter - European Respiratory Society, 2020 - European Respiratory Journal .
European Respiratory Journal, 2020, 55: 1902455
Functional breathing disorders are common, but poorly understood, causes of respiratory symptoms, and often co-exist with asthma and other respiratory diseases [1–3]. Hyperventilation syndrome is the most recognised form of dysfunctional breathing. It has long been suspected that dysfunctional breathing may have emotional origins, but there is little empirical evidence to support this [4].
Several studies have found that a history of adverse events and psychological trauma, including sexual assault, are associated with self-reported asthma [5–9]. Sexual assault is a particularly salient form of trauma and has been reported among patients with vocal cord dysfunction, another functional breathing disorder [10]. [The authors] hypothesised that non-consensual sexual intercourse would be a risk factor for developing dysfunctional breathing and asthma. [They] tested this hypothesis in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study: a longitudinal investigation of health and behaviour in a population-based cohort of 1037 individuals born in 1972 or 1973 [11]. (From the authors' introduction). Record #6732
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
ASTHMA
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
HEALTH
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
RAPE
RISK FACTORS
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
TRAUMA
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
NEW ZEALAND
Rape, asthma and dysfunctional breathing : research letter Robert J. Hancox, Jane Morgan, Nigel Dickson, Jennie Connor and Joanne M. Baxter - European Respiratory Society, 2020 - European Respiratory Journal .
European Respiratory Journal, 2020, 55: 1902455
Functional breathing disorders are common, but poorly understood, causes of respiratory symptoms, and often co-exist with asthma and other respiratory diseases [1–3]. Hyperventilation syndrome is the most recognised form of dysfunctional breathing. It has long been suspected that dysfunctional breathing may have emotional origins, but there is little empirical evidence to support this [4].
Several studies have found that a history of adverse events and psychological trauma, including sexual assault, are associated with self-reported asthma [5–9]. Sexual assault is a particularly salient form of trauma and has been reported among patients with vocal cord dysfunction, another functional breathing disorder [10]. [The authors] hypothesised that non-consensual sexual intercourse would be a risk factor for developing dysfunctional breathing and asthma. [They] tested this hypothesis in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study: a longitudinal investigation of health and behaviour in a population-based cohort of 1037 individuals born in 1972 or 1973 [11]. (From the authors' introduction). Record #6732
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
ASTHMA
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
HEALTH
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
RAPE
RISK FACTORS
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
TRAUMA
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
NEW ZEALAND