Key result
Anxiety fully mediates the link between emotional reactivity and BP elevations in hypertensive patients.
Why the study?
Does anxiety mediate the relationship between emotional reactivity and blood pressure elevations in hypertensive patients?
Observational (n=226)
No
Does anxiety mediate the relationship between emotional reactivity and blood pressure elevations in hypertensive patients?
Anxiety fully mediates the relationship between emotional reactivity and blood pressure elevations in hypertensive patients, suggesting that managing anxiety may be an important component of hypertension control.
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May support anxiety assessment in hypertensives; leaves open causal BP effects for prospective trials.
Ifeagwazi et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Hypertension (n=226). Emotional reactivity was evaluated on Blood pressure elevations. Anxiety fully mediated the positive relationship between emotional reactivity and blood pressure elevations in 226 hypertensive patients, even after adjusting for control variables.
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