| Greater pressor reactivity in women with pre-eclampsia is not related to specific psychological or emotional stressors. | |
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PMID: 21117466 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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To investigate whether emotional or psychosocial factors could be significantly related with the development of pre-eclampsia, 15 pregnant women with early diagnosis of pre-eclampsia and 15 normotensive pregnant controls of comparable age (23-37 yr.), gestational age (10-37 wk.), parity (70% primiparous), amount of instruction, and marital status underwent a blood pressure monitoring during a specific psychological assessment based on a semistructured interview followed by the administration of three different questionnaires: the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised, the Perceived Stress Questionnaire-Recent, and the Questionnaire about Social Relationships. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate were measured at 2-min. intervals by an automatic device both during the interview and the questionnaires' administration. Both systolic and diastolic responses were significantly increased in both groups during the interview (deltaSBP = 15 vs. 10%; deltaDBP=28 vs. 15.8%), whereas no differences were observed in blood pressure while answering questionnaires. Conversely, differences in questionnaire responses between groups were not statistically significant. Present results confirm a greater pressor reactivity in these women with pre-eclampsia but does not specifically support that this was related to psychological or emotional stress. |
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Authors:
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Nicolino C F Rossi; Ornella Montebarocci; Paola Surcinelli; Bruno Baldaro; Vincenzo Immordino; Claudio Borghi |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychological reports Volume: 107 ISSN: 0033-2941 ISO Abbreviation: Psychol Rep Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-12-01 Completed Date: 2010-12-21 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376475 Medline TA: Psychol Rep Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 415-23 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, v.le Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy. |
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Adult Arousal / physiology* Blood Pressure / physiology* Emotions / physiology* Female Heart Rate / physiology Humans Interview, Psychological Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data Pre-Eclampsia / physiopathology*, psychology* Pregnancy Pressoreceptors / physiopathology Risk Factors Stress, Psychological / complications*, physiopathology |
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