Life’s pressures can have an effect on your physical health. The following scale, developed by Thomas H. Holmes, M.D., measures the relative impact of a variety of stressful events.
Check off the events that have occurred to you within the last 12 months and then add up the figures next to the events. If your score is 300 or more, you probably run a major risk of incurring some kind of illness in the next year. If your score is 200 to 299, your illness risk is moderate, and if you score between 150 and 199, your risk is mild.
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| Personal injury or illness |
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| Gain of new family member |
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| Change in financial status |
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| Change of new line of work |
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| Change in responsibility at work |
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| Son or daughter leaving home |
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| Outstanding personal achievement |
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| Wife starting or stopping work |
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| Beginning or ending school |
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| Revision of personal habits |
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| Change in working conditions |
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| Change in social activities |
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| Change in sleeping habits |
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| Change in family get-to-gethers |
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| Minor violations of the law |
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