title: Positive emotion and cardiovascular disease in elderly people.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease in elderly people is a psychosomatic disease, but the research on the relationship between positive emotion and cardiovascular diseases is few. Most previous studies have focused on a range of health status changes caused by negative emotion but have ignored the role of positive emotion in elderly people. Positive emotion has been considered a protective factor against health problems in elderly people. Research shows that a significant relationship between positive emotion and blood pressure remains after adjusting for depression in elderly people. In this paper, we summarize the relationship between positive emotion and cardiovascular diseases in elderly people.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 100053, China.
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 100053, China.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 100053, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feng
keywords: Positive emotion; cardiovascular disease; elderly