Abstract:Objective This study examined whether antihypertensive medications and other patient characteristics are associated with severe depressive symptoms in a patient with hypertension. Methods Patients with a diagnosis of hypertension were recruited from the internal medicine outpatient clinics of a hospital in Amman, Jordan, into this cross-sectional study. Depression severity was assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9); anxiety by the General Anxiety Disorder-7; sleep quality by the Insomnia Sev… Show more
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