TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychosocial Risk Factors for Hypertension
T2 - an Update of the Literature
AU - Cuffee, Yendelela
AU - Ogedegbe, Chinwe
AU - Williams, Natasha J.
AU - Ogedegbe, Gbenga
AU - Schoenthaler, Antoinette
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2014/9/14
Y1 - 2014/9/14
N2 - A growing body of research demonstrates that psychosocial factors play an important role in the development of hypertension. Previous reviews have identified several key factors (i.e., occupational stress) that contribute to the onset of hypertension; however, they are now outdated. In this review, we provide an updated synthesis of the literature from 2010 to April 2014. We identified 21 articles for inclusion in the review, of which there were six categories of psychosocial stressors: occupational stress, personality, mental health, housing instability, social support/isolation, and sleep quality. Sixteen of the studies reported an association between the psychosocial stressor and blood pressure. While several findings were consistent with previous literature, new findings regarding mediating and moderating factors underlying the psychosocial-hypertension association help to untangle inconsistencies reported in the literature. Moreover, sleep quality is a novel additional factor that should undergo further exploration. Areas for future research based on these findings are discussed.
AB - A growing body of research demonstrates that psychosocial factors play an important role in the development of hypertension. Previous reviews have identified several key factors (i.e., occupational stress) that contribute to the onset of hypertension; however, they are now outdated. In this review, we provide an updated synthesis of the literature from 2010 to April 2014. We identified 21 articles for inclusion in the review, of which there were six categories of psychosocial stressors: occupational stress, personality, mental health, housing instability, social support/isolation, and sleep quality. Sixteen of the studies reported an association between the psychosocial stressor and blood pressure. While several findings were consistent with previous literature, new findings regarding mediating and moderating factors underlying the psychosocial-hypertension association help to untangle inconsistencies reported in the literature. Moreover, sleep quality is a novel additional factor that should undergo further exploration. Areas for future research based on these findings are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11906-014-0483-3
DO - 10.1007/s11906-014-0483-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25139781
AN - SCOPUS:84930278529
SN - 1522-6417
VL - 16
JO - Current Hypertension Reports
JF - Current Hypertension Reports
IS - 10
M1 - 483
ER -