Psychological symptoms and blood pressure among rural-dwellers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4228550
AutoresKelly C Cukrowicz (Texas Tech University), Danielle R Jahn (0000-0003-0156-9680, Texas Tech University), James Hall (0000-0001-8002-0922, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, USA), Sid O’bryant (Department of Internal Medicine University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, Texas, USA), Sid E O’bryant (0000-0003-0582-5266)
Año2012
Volumen17
Número8
Páginas1203-1211
Fecha de publicación2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105311427474
PMID22274746
OpenAlexW2080495094
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas31

Rural-dwelling adults face different health concerns and risks than do adults living in urban areas, with reduced assess to care. Studies examining the associations between anxiety and/or depression and blood pressure have yielded mixed results. This study addressed this by examining the association of these symptoms to blood pressure in men compared to women, and for differing racial groups in a rural population in the western United States. Analyses indicate the association between depression and blood pressure differs by race. Further, depressive symptoms were associated with higher diastolic blood pressure for participants at or above the mean of anxiety

Anxiety · Association (psychology · Blood pressure · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Environmental health · Population · Psychiatry · Rural area · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Gerontology · Internal Medicine