General Anxiety Disorder and Primary Hypertension: Is There a Link?
J Nerv Ment Dis
; 211(7): 525-529, 2023 07 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37166043
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Chronic forms of morbidity, including mental disorders and hypertension, play a dominant role in determining a disease load in the developing world. This article investigates the associations between the diagnoses of primary hypertension and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and the severity of GAD in individuals with primary hypertension. The association of GAD and age, sex, marriage, education level, income, chronic medical conditions, family history of mental disorders, adverse life events, and hypertension was assessed in 470 patients with the diagnosis of primary hypertension. Data analysis was performed with IBM SPSS Statistics software version 16. A significant relationship was found between the prevalence of GAD and the following variables history of mental disorders ( p < 0.0001), chronic medical conditions ( p < 0.0001), and adverse life events ( p < 0.0001). The mean anxiety score was higher among patients with uncontrolled blood pressure, and a significant relationship was observed between the prevalence of GAD and blood pressure ( p < 0.0001). Because of the significant association between GAD and primary hypertension, it is recommended that anxiety disorders be considered in patients in whom primary hypertension is not controlled easily. This may lead to more proper control of hypertension while taking fewer antihypertensive medications.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety Disorders
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Nerv Ment Dis
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article