The psychosocial determinants of hypertension

To present currently available evidence on the role that adverse psychosocial factors play in the pathogenesis of hypertension. The specific objectives of the review were to (1) provide a picture of what is known about the relationship between psychosocial factors and hypertension, (2) summarize the...

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Published in:Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases, 2003-02, Vol.13 (1), p.52-59
Main Authors: Kaplan, M.S., Nunes, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anger
Anxiety
Culture
Depression
Educational Status
Emigration and Immigration
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertension - etiology
Hypertension - psychology
MEDLINE
Occupations
Psychology
psychosocial factors
public health
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress, Psychological
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Summary:To present currently available evidence on the role that adverse psychosocial factors play in the pathogenesis of hypertension. The specific objectives of the review were to (1) provide a picture of what is known about the relationship between psychosocial factors and hypertension, (2) summarize the major methodological and conceptual pitfalls, and (3) identify gaps in the literature and suggest areas for future research. The scope of the literature review was adults and the literature published since 1990 (acknowledging that some articles published earlier would need to be taken into account). A number of journal searches were carried out. They included Medline, PsychInfo, and SocioFile, with keywords, such as hypertension, blood pressure, psychosocial, psychological, social, acculturation, occupation, socio-economic status, social class, education, depression, anger, and anxiety. The search included articles related to hypertension in developed countries and was limited to studies in the English language. A growing body of evidence supports the thesis that psychosocial factors play a role in the pathogenesis for hypertension.
ISSN:0939-4753
1590-3729
DOI:10.1016/S0939-4753(03)80168-0