[Psychological and psychophysiological characteristics of arterial hypertension patients].
A total of 120 essentially-hypertensive patients and 30 coronary patients were investigated clinically and by means of psychophysiologic and psychological tests. Different patterns of physiological response to psychoemotional stress were demonstrated in hypertensive and coronary patients. The markedness and duration of stress-induced hypertensive response was found to be related to psychosocial status of essentially-hypertensive patients. Hypertensive patients showing high anxiety and high interpersonal and intrapersonal conflict develop more marked blood pressure elevation under stress, a possible evidence of a greater contribution of psychosocial factors to the disease in these patients.
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012659:Semantic Differential; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology
Psikhologicheskie i psikhofiziologicheskie osobennosti bol'nykh arterial'noĭ gipertonieĭ.