The use of ambulatory blood pressure measurement

Hodgkinson, James; Tucker, Katherine L.; Martin, Una; Beesley, Louise; McManus, Richard J

doi:10.12968/hmed.2015.76.11.631

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“…If the term BP is used without further specification, usually refers by antonomasia to the arterial pressure in the systemic circulation. BP is usually expressed in terms of the systolic BP (SBP, maximum pressure), over diastolic BP (DBP, minimum pressure) (Hodgkinson et al, 2015). It is usually measured at a person’s upper arm and is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) because the traditional device used to measure BP, a sphygmomanometer, used a glass column filled with mercury and calibrated in millimeters.…”

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Anxiety, Stress-Related Factors, and Blood Pressure in Young Adults

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Hypertension (HT) is a long-term medical condition characterized by persistently elevated blood pressure (BP) in the arterial vessels. Although HT initially is an asymptomatic condition, it chronically evolves into a major risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal diseases that, in turn, represent crucial causes of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. HT is a complex disorder that is estimated to affect more than a quarter of the world’s adult population. It is classified on the basis of both its pathophysiology (primary and secondary HT) and on the resting BP values (elevated systolic, diastolic, and pulse pressure). It originates from a complicated interaction of genes and several environmental risk factors including aging, smoking, lack of exercise, overweight and obesity, elevated salt intake, stress, depression, and anxiety. Anxiety and depressive disorders are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders, affecting millions of people each year and impairing every aspect of everyday life, both of them characterized by affective, cognitive, psychomotor, and neurovegetative symptoms. Moreover, work-related stress has been considered as an important risk factor for HT and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Although different authors have investigated and suggested possible relations between HT, stress, anxiety, and depression during the last decades, a full understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms has not been satisfactorily achieved, especially in young adults. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of anxiety and work-related stress in the development of HT amongst young health care profession students and the possible related consequences of early CVDs.

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