Open AccessCould Blood Pressure Phobia Go Beyond the White Coat Effect?
Author(s) -
Kathleen Dillon,
Jason D. Seacat,
Cory Saucier,
Courtney Doyle-Campbell
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hpv040
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , anxiety , thematic analysis , specific phobia , clinical psychology , white coat hypertension , psychiatry , anxiety disorder , qualitative research , ambulatory blood pressure , social science , sociology
While it is known that excessive anxiety surrounding the measuring of blood pressure may preclude an accurate measurement, it is not known whether it could also lead to phobic avoidance behavior.
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