Greater Pressor Reactivity in Women with Pre-Eclampsia is Not Related to Specific Psychological or Emotional Stressors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13660965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicolino Cesare Franco Rossi (0000-0003-2060-6926, University of Bologna), Ornella Montebarocci (0000-0001-5429-1307, corresponding author), Paola Surcinelli (0000-0001-7875-3545), Bruno Baldaro (0000-0002-7265-0817), Vincenzo Immordino (University of Bologna), Claudio Borghi (0000-0001-8039-8781, University of Bologna) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 415-423 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/02.13.pr0.107.5.415-423 |
| PMID | 21117466 |
| OpenAlex | W2130079844 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
To investigate whether emotional or psychosocial factors could be significantly related with the development of pre-eclampsia, 15 pregnant women with early diagnosis of pre-eclampsia and 15 normotensive pregnant controls of comparable age (23-37 yr.), gestational age (10-37 wk.), parity (70% primiparous), amount of instruction, and marital status underwent a blood pressure monitoring during a specific psychological assessment based on a semistructured interview followed by the administration of three different questionnaires: the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised, the Perceived Stress Questionnaire-Recent, and the Questionnaire about Social Relationships. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate were measured at 2-min. intervals by an automatic device both during the interview and the questionnaires' administration. Both systolic and diastolic responses were significantly increased in both groups during the interview (deltaSBP = 15 vs. 10%; deltaDBP=28 vs. 15.8%), whereas no differences were observed in blood pressure while answering questionnaires. Conversely, differences in questionnaire responses between groups were not statistically significant. Present results confirm a greater pressor reactivity in these women with pre-eclampsia but does not specifically support that this was related to psychological or emotional stress
Blood pressure · Checklist · Eclampsia · Emotional stress · Heart rate · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies · Pregnancy-related medical research · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |