Climate and Rheumatic Diseases

Journal/Book: Baenkler H-W (ed): Rheumatic Diseases and Sport. Rheumatology. Basel Karger 1992 vol 16 pp 22-39. 1992;

Abstract: Institute of Medical Balneology and Climatology Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich FRG Weather Sensitiveness of Rheumatics In a group of average healthy persons between 30 and 50% of the people claim to be sensitive to changes of the weather [Faust 1973; Schaich 1974]. However the average course of health is about the same for people who claim to be sensitive and those who do not [Richner 1976]; this supports the old statement [De Rudder 1951] that all people react to the weather but only weather-sensitive people relate it with the weather. A person's statement to be Â‚sensitive to the weather' offers clear information about the structure of his/her personality. Already Curry [1951] and Lampert [1962] described weather caused types of human reaction. Recently the type of the weather sensitive was defined by the help of the ´Freiburger Persönlichkeitsinventar' [Geiger and Gensler 1975; Faust 1978]. Women call themselves more often ´weather-sensitive' than men young people only to a small percentage; with increasing age between 30 and 60 the rate rises up to 60% of the total population. These people name referring to psychic symptoms the following by Faust [1976] in decreasing prevalence ordered complaints: tiredness ill-humor unwillingness to work lack of concentration problems to fall asleep nervosity tendency to make mistakes... hl

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