Richard A Nelesen

Datos Biográficos

ID5144469
NOMBRERichard A Nelesen
NOMBRESRichard A
APELLIDONelesen
FIRMANELESEN R A
AFILIACIONESUniversity of California San Diego
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS14
TOTAL DE CITAS20
TOTAL COMO AUTOR14
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1994
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2013
ÍNDICE H1

  • The Impact of Additional Support Services on Caregivers of Hospice Patients and Hospice Social Workers

    Open AccessJessica Empeño, Natasha T J Raming et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2013

    Family caregivers often suffer higher levels of physical and emotional distress when caring for a chronically or terminally ill family member. Providing this kind of care to a loved one at the end of life contributes to increased stress, health problems, and a decreased quality of life. The Hospice Caregiver Support Project provided support services to caregivers identified by the hospice social worker as needing this support and/or assistance. R…

  • Everyday Discrimination and Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping in Black and White Americans

    Lianne Tomfohr‐madsen, Lianne Tomfohr et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2010Citada por: 20Referencias: 12

    These findings suggest that experiences of everyday discrimination are associated with less nocturnal SBP and DBP dipping above and beyond the effect of known covariates. The use of multiple ABPM sessions may facilitate the detection of relationships between psychological variables and BP dipping

  • Racial Differences in the Impact of Social Support on Nocturnal Blood Pressure

    Denise C Cooper, Michael G Ziegler et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2009

    OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether black and white adults benefit similarly from perceived social support in relation to blood pressure (BP) dipping during sleep. METHODS: The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL, 12-item version), which measures the perceived availability of several types of functional social support, was examined for interactive effects with race on dipping of mean arterial pressure (MAP), systolic blood pressure (SBP), a…

  • Ethnicity, Perceived Discrimination, and Vascular Reactivity to Phenylephrine

    KaMala S Thomas, Richard A Nelesen et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2006

    Objectives: This study examined relationships among ethnicity, perceived discrimination, and vascular reactivity to phenylephrine (PE). Methods: Seventy-six white patients and 46 black patients were studied at an inpatient clinical research center in response to a bolus intravenous injection of 100 μg PE. Self-report questionnaires assessed perceived discrimination. Results: After controlling for body surface area, number of cigarettes smoked, an…

  • Age and Ethnicity Differences in Short-Term Heart-Rate Variability

    Jong-Bae Choi, Jong‐Bae Choi et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2006

    OBJECTIVE: Hypertension is more frequent and more severe in older individuals and in African Americans. Differences in autonomic nervous system activity might contribute to these differences. Autonomic effects on the heart can be studied noninvasively through analysis of heart rate variability (HRV). We examined the effects of age and ethnicity on HRV. METHODS: We studied 135 subjects (57 African Americans and 78 Caucasian Americans), aged 23 to …

  • The Association of Social Status and Blood Pressure With Markers of Vascular Inflammation

    Suzi Hong, Richard A Nelesen et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2006

    OBJECTIVE: Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with low-grade inflammation. Vascular inflammation often accompanies high blood pressure (BP) and has clinical implications for future vascular diseases, including atherosclerosis. Elevated plasma levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) are reliable indicators of vascular inflammation. We examined the associations among BP, social status, and sIC…

  • Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Increased Systemic Vascular Resistance to Stress

    Scott C Matthews, Richard A Nelesen et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2005

    Objective: The deleterious effects of major depressive disorder on cardiovascular (CV) functioning are well known. However, the etiologic mechanisms underlying this association are incompletely understood. In the current study, subjects with varying degrees of depressive symptoms performed a stress task while CV reactivity was measured. We hypothesized that high levels of depressive symptoms would be associated with altered CV reactivity. Methods…

  • Socioeconomic Status Is Associated With Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping

    Carl J Stepnowsky, Carl Stepnowsky et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2004

    OBJECTIVE: With the advent of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has come the awareness that blood pressure (BP) normally drops, or "dips," at night by roughly 10%. A number of pathological conditions have been associated with the nondipping of nocturnal BP. In general, researchers have looked at dipping in neurological and cardiovascular disorders. We examined the extent to which nocturnal nondipping might be influenced by relatively gross mea…

  • Relationships Between Hostility, Anger Expression, and Blood Pressure Dipping in an Ethnically Diverse Sample

    KaMala S Thomas, Richard A Nelesen et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2004

    Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between hostility, anger expression, and blood pressure (BP) dipping. Methods: A 24-hour ambulatory BP was obtained from 34 African Americans and 52 white Americans who were enrolled in a study of sleep, stress, and BP. Self-report measures were used to assess anger expression and hostility. Results: After controlling for body mass index and BP status, African Americans were more l…

  • Does Excess Caffeine Consumption Account for the Elevated Adrenergic Tone Found in Patients With Sleep Apnea

    Wayne A Bardwell, Martin Ziegler et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1999

    Bardwell, W. A.; Ziegler, M. G.; Ancoli-Israel, S.; Berry, C. C.; Nelesen, R. A.; Durning, A.; Dimsdale, J. E. Author Information

  • Cpap Treatment of Sleep Apnea Improves Cardiac Contractility to Stress

    Richard A Nelesen, Robert Shaw et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1999

    s of Papers for 1999 Annual Meeting: Paper Session: Psychosomatic Factors in Pulmonary Medicine

  • Impedance Cardiogaphy Derived Hemodynamic Responses During Barorecoptor Testing with Amyl Nitrite and Phenylephrine

    Richard A Nelesen, Robert Shaw et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1998

  • The Relationship of Heart Rate Variablity Responses With Baroreflex Sensitivity

    Robert Shaw, Richard A Nelesen et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1998

  • Patterns of adrenergic receptors and adrenergic agonists underlying cardiovascular responses to a psychological challenge

    Paul J Mills, J E Dimsdale et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1994

    Numerous physiological and biochemical factors contribute to the dynamic regulation of the cardiovascular system. This study used a cluster analytic statistical technique to discern patterns of adrenergic receptors and adrenergic agonists underlying cardiovascular responses to a laboratory challenge. Fifty hypertensive and normotensive black and white individuals had their beta- and alpha-adrenergic receptor sensitivity determined through agonist…