Hypertension in the aged--psychosocial and psychiatric concomitants in a coloured community.
In a comprehensive social, psychiatric and medical survey of a random sample of aged coloured people in Cape Town, 82% were found to be hypertensive. Hypertensive subjects were compared with non-hypertensive subjects in terms of various psychosocial and psychiatric factors. A significant association between hypertension and symptoms indicative of nervous tension was found. The roles of sex distribution, class and ethnicity as contributing factors are discussed.
D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009790:Occupations; D011897:Random Allocation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa