Why the study?
Are psychosocial factors related to blood pressure levels and the pathogenesis of hypertension?
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Persons who participated in both a community-wide blood pressure screening programme and an earlier mental…
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Psychosocial factors merit no routine BP screening in untreated patients; challenges their pathogenic role and leaves open treatment-related symptom effects for study.
Are psychosocial factors related to blood pressure levels and the pathogenesis of hypertension?
Psychosocial factors such as depression and hostility do not appear to be important in the pathogenesis of hypertension, though hypertension treatment may be associated with increased psychosomatic symptoms.
Goldberg et al. (1980) studied this question.
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