The Double Exposure Study: The Impact of Job Strain and Marital Cohesion on Blood Pressure

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Behavioral: Observational

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00133653

DE-2001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Psychosocial and lifestyle stressors, such as job strain (JS) and marital factors have previously been associated with a sustained increase in blood pressure (BP).

In a one-year longitudinal follow-up to the Baseline Double Exposure cohort study, we, the researchers at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, evaluated whether JS and marital cohesion continued to be associated with ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in subjects enrolled with normal or untreated high BP.

Full description

Psychosocial and lifestyle stressors, such as job strain (JS) and marital factors have previously been associated with a sustained increase in blood pressure (BP).

In a one-year longitudinal follow-up to the Baseline Double Exposure cohort study, we evaluated whether JS and marital cohesion continued to be associated with ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in subjects enrolled with normal or untreated high BP.

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 40-65
• Unmedicated for at least 6 months
• Living with spouse for at least 6 months
• Working for at least 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• Working rotating or evening shifts