Open AccessA lay epidemiological study on coexistent stress in hypertension: Its prevalence, risk factors, and implications in patients' lives
Author(s) -
Amrita Sarkar,
Debjit Roy,
Meet Chauhan,
Prashant Dave,
Naresh Makwana,
Dipesh Parmar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_60_19
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , blood pressure , epidemiology , disease , stressor , cross sectional study , demography , environmental health , pediatrics , psychiatry , population , pathology , sociology
Hypertension poses a global challenge in terms of morbidity and mortality. Worldwide prevalence of hypertension is over 40%. Management of hypertension targets blood pressure control to prevent disease complications. Though stress and hypertension are closely related, stress management is often overlooked in the treatment of hypertension.