title: Psychological symptoms and blood pressure among rural-dwellers.
abstract: Rural-dwelling adults face different health concerns and risks than do adults living in urban areas, with reduced assess to care. Studies examining the associations between anxiety and/or depression and blood pressure have yielded mixed results. This study addressed this by examining the association of these symptoms to blood pressure in men compared to women, and for differing racial groups in a rural population in the western United States. Analyses indicate the association between depression and blood pressure differs by race. Further, depressive symptoms were associated with higher diastolic blood pressure for participants at or above the mean of anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2051, USA. kelly.cukrowicz@ttu.edu
authors.forename: Kelly C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cukrowicz
authors.forename: Danielle R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Jahn
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Sid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Bryant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000523:psychology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013781:Texas; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D001741:Black or African American