Influences of psycho-social factors in the treatment of the elderly patients with hypertension / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the influences of psycho-social factors in the treatment of the aged patients with hypertension. Methods Aged in-patients with hypertension were divided into two groups according to their improvement 148 reached the standard and 62 did not reach the standard. Their psycho-social factors were assessed by self-rating depression scale(SDS), self-rating anxiety scale(SAS), life events scale (LES) and social support scale. Results (1)The percentages of depression (7.4% vs 32.2%, P