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Clinical Consideration

The effects of stress on health outcomes in general and immune outcomes

tend to differ throughout the life span. For example, in terms of wound

healing, older adults, experiencing distress, tend to heal more slowly and

are at greater risk of wound infection (Ghadially et al. 1995, Graham et al.

2006a,b,c, Christian et al. 2006). Therefore interventions aimed at stress

reduction ought to be considered an important component in the care of

elder populations.

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