2022
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20020-1
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Mental distress along the cascade of care in managing hypertension

Abstract: Hypertension might be a contributing factor of mental illness. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between different levels of hypertension care and mental distress among hypertensive individuals in Malaysia. We constructed a hypertension care cascade using data of 6531 hypertensive individuals aged ≥ 35 years that were collected as part of the community health survey conducted in 2013 in the South East Asia Community Observatory. We examined the association between the status of hypertens… Show more

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“…The findings Ang (2022), show that there is a relationship between different levels of hypertension services and mental stress. Respondents who had never been screened for hypertension had uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) and had a higher likelihood of depression, anxiety and, stress compared to those who had been screened and those who had ever controlled BP.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 85%
“…The findings Ang (2022), show that there is a relationship between different levels of hypertension services and mental stress. Respondents who had never been screened for hypertension had uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) and had a higher likelihood of depression, anxiety and, stress compared to those who had been screened and those who had ever controlled BP.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 85%
“…When the scores on the subscale are added together, higher scores indicate lower levels of mental health. The scale has been proven to have good reliability and validity in Chinese population [ 41 ]. In this study, the Cronbach’s alphas for depression, anxiety and pressure were 0.910, 0.890, and 0.904, respectively.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Depression may increase the risk of hypertension by activating the body’s stress responses and increasing autonomic nervous system activation [ 11 ]. On the other hand, hypertension may increase the risk for depression by causing cerebrovascular pathologies [ 12 ] and increasing the sense of hopelessness related to living with a chronic condition [ 13 ]. People who suffer from both depression and hypertension often report low quality of life [ 14 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%