According to the study published in the journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, higher self-reported childhood adversity was associated with a 12-25 per cent increased risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation and mortality.
Childhood trauma might alter regulation of stress signalling pathways and immune system function; it might also change brain structure and function; or it might speed up cellular ageing, they say.
Washington: A new research has found that reluctance or refusal to get jabbed against Covid-19 infection (vaccine hesitancy), may be linked to traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect, domestic violence or substance misuse in the family home. The study has been published in the ‘BMJ Open Journal’. Vaccine hesitancy was 3 times higher among […]
