Positive Psychological Well-Being and Mortality: A Quantitative Review of Prospective Observational Studies
Psychosomatic MedicinePublished 26 August 2008
Yoichi Chida, Andrew Steptoe
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Positive psychological well-being was significantly associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality in healthy population studies, and with reduced death rates in patients with renal failure and with human immunodeficiency virus-infection.
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The current review suggests that positive psychological well-being has a favorable effect on survival in both healthy and diseased populations.
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