title: [Does diagnosed hypertension change quality of life? Results from a medical population study in Nord-Trøndelag].
abstract: The authors report results from medical screening for hypertension carried out on the entire adult population (aged greater than 20 years) of the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Previously undiagnosed hypertensives in need of medical treatment (n = 173), false positives (n = 233) and patients in need of continued blood pressure monitoring (n = 474) were followed up 10 to 36 months after the screening. This group was compared with a random population sample of known hypertensives (n = 206), patients previously treated for hypertension (n = 118) and normotensives (n = 2,326). No significant differences in changes in quality of life (subjective well-being) were observed between the two groups from screening to follow-up. However, negative events in life and chronic stresses other than the fact of becoming sick induced a deterioration of quality of life. Positive events induced an improvement in quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for medisinske atferdsfag, Universitetet i Oslo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moum
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naess
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holmen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Gir diagnosen høyt blodtrykk endret livskvalitet? Resultater fra en medisinsk masseundersøkelse i Nord-Trøndelag.