Hypertension; does psychological state of an individual cause to develop?

ABSTRACT

Hypertension is a condition of the person in which blood pressure is chronically high. Hypertension is a leading factor to damage health and turn out many chronic conditions in human body[1]. To study the relationship of hypertension with psychological states of anger, stress and anxiety and do they predict hypertension? A co relational study. Outdoor hypertensive patients [N = 200, men = 110, women = 90] between ages 30-65, and control group [N = 170, men = 90, women = 80], matched with age, gender and monthly income were taken from the public hospitals. STAXI [Spielberger, 1988] and DASS [Lovibond and Lovibond, 1995] were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, logistic regression analyses were used. Significant positive correlation of hypertension with anger, stress and anxiety was found. Anger-control, anger-in, stress and anxiety emerged as strongest predictors of hypertension