Hypertension
Conditions
Keywords
Hypertension; Job Strain; Marital Strain; Blood Pressure
Brief summary
Psychosocial and lifestyle stressors, such as job strain (JS) and marital factors have previously been associated with a sustained increase in blood pressure (BP). In a one-year longitudinal follow-up to the Baseline Double Exposure cohort study, we, the researchers at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, evaluated whether JS and marital cohesion continued to be associated with ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in subjects enrolled with normal or untreated high BP.
Detailed description
Psychosocial and lifestyle stressors, such as job strain (JS) and marital factors have previously been associated with a sustained increase in blood pressure (BP). In a one-year longitudinal follow-up to the Baseline Double Exposure cohort study, we evaluated whether JS and marital cohesion continued to be associated with ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in subjects enrolled with normal or untreated high BP.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALObservational
Sponsors
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Study design
Observational model
DEFINED_POPULATION
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Age 40-65 * Unmedicated for at least 6 months * Living with spouse for at least 6 months * Working for at least 6 months
Exclusion criteria
* Working rotating or evening shifts
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed