Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Chronic forms of morbidity, including mental disorders and hypertension, play a central role in shaping the burden of disease in the developing countries. Few studies have systematically evaluated the relationship of psychiatric morbidity and hypertension. To assess the psychiatric morbidity in patients with essential hypertension in comparison with healthy controls. Forty consecutive patients attending General Medicine outpatient department with the diagnosis of Essential Hypertension were assessed for psychiatric illness using HADS (Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale) and PSLES (Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale) and 40 healthy controls were selected from general population. Psychiatric morbidity in two groups were assessed and compared. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in patients with hypertension is about 37% which is not statistically significant when compared with controls (15%). As per this present study, there is no statistically significant association between depression, anxiety and hypertension. However, psychiatric morbidity may be the result of complications of chronic hypertension which have their effects on the brain. Hence early addressing of hypertension is essential to prevent the development of psychiatric morbidity in those individuals.
How to cite this article:
M. Vijayalakshmi, K. Ilamaran, N. Deepa, V. Jaikumar and M. Dhulasy Brindha. A Study on Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients with Hypertension.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2025.1.632.637
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