PSYCHOLOGIC BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITORING

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.