PSYCHOLOGIC BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITORING

Citation
M. Franck et al., PSYCHOLOGIC BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITORING, Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, 25(5), 1996, pp. 195-201
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
ISSN journal
03005224
Volume
25
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
195 - 201
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-5224(1996)25:5<195:PBM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A psychophysiological ambulatory assessment was conducted with 51 male hypertensive patients who stayed in a rehabilitation center for four to six weeks. A multichannel recording of blood pressure, heart rate a nd physical activity was obtained. A pecker computer was employed for assessing setting variables, behavior and subjective state according t o 14 items. An assessment strategy that relates blood pressure episode s and context variables was developed. Two short case reports and stat istical analyses were employed to depict such symptom-context relation ships.