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PMID: 22258335 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BackgroundBlood pressure screening is an important component of cardiovascular disease prevention, but a hypertension diagnosis (i.e., label) can have unintended negative effects on patients' well-being. Despite persistent disparities in hypertension prevalence and outcomes, whether the impact of labeling differs by race is unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate possible race differences in the relationship between hypertension labeling and health-related quality of life and depression.MethodsThe sample included 308 normotensive and unmedicated hypertensive subjects from the Neighborhood Study of Blood Pressure and Sleep, a cross-sectional study conducted between 1999 and 2003. Labeled hypertension was defined (by self-report) as having been diagnosed with high blood pressure or prescribed antihypertensive medications. Effects of labeling and race on self-reported physical and mental health and depressive symptoms were tested using multivariate analysis of covariance, controlling for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), previous medication use, and "true" hypertension status, defined by average daytime ambulatory blood pressure (ABP).ResultsBoth black and white subjects who had been labeled as hypertensive reported similarly poorer physical health than unlabeled subjects (P = 0.001). However, labeling was associated with poorer mental health and greater depressive symptoms only among blacks (Ps < 0.05 for the interactions). These findings were not explained by differences in socioeconomic status.ConclusionsThese results are consistent with previous studies showing negative effects of hypertension labeling, and demonstrate important race differences in these effects. Clinical approaches to communicating diagnostic information that avoid negative effects on well-being are needed, and may require tailoring to patient characteristics such as race.American Journal of Hypertension 2012; doi:10.1038/ajh.2011.258. |
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Tanya M Spruill; Linda M Gerber; Joseph E Schwartz; Thomas G Pickering; Gbenga Ogedegbe |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-19 |
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Title: American journal of hypertension Volume: - ISSN: 1941-7225 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-1-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8803676 Medline TA: Am J Hypertens Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. |
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