Key result
Adding psychological stress to cold pressor testing increases systolic blood pressure regardless of hypertension status.
Why the study?
The influence of psychological stress on blood pressure responses during the cold pressor test in normotensive and hypertensive subjects was evaluated.
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May heighten BP reactivity in dual-stress settings; leaves open clinical relevance for hypertension evaluation.
Prchal et al. (1993) studied Normotension and medicated hypertension (n=28). Psychological stressor (physician abandonment) vs. Cold pressor test without psychological stressor was evaluated on Modification of blood pressure. The addition of a psychological stressor during a cold pressor test significantly increased systolic blood pressure in both hypertensive and normotensive subjects.
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