Assessment of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Cognition in hypertension

Authors

  • Salla Surya Prakasa Rao Department of General Medicine, Andhra Medical College, Vishakapatnam, AndhraPradesh, India
  • Sweta Ramani CTVS Department, Frontier Life Line Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Manem Raveena Intern, Andhra Medical college, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Manem Nikitha Intern, Andhra Medical college, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2016.3.3.28

Keywords:

Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Cognition, Hypertension

Abstract

Objective: The present study was designed to observe the depression, anxiety, stress and cognition levels in hypertensive patients. Materials and Methods: 30 Patients with pre hypertension to stage-1 hypertension, and 30 healthy, age matched controls, including both males and females, were included in the study after obtaining written and informed consent.DASS-42 was used to assess depression, anxiety and stress and MMSE and spatial and verbal memory test was used to assess cognition. Results: Significant increase in depression, anxiety and stress and impaired cognitive functions were observed in hypertensive patients. Conclusion: We have observed significant decline in the cognitive functions and increase stress, depression and anxiety scores in the hypertensive’s. We urge clinicians to assess the negative emotions and cognitive functions and also consider management of these functions as a part of the treatment.

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Author Biographies

Salla Surya Prakasa Rao, Department of General Medicine, Andhra Medical College, Vishakapatnam, AndhraPradesh, India

1Assistant Professor, 

Sweta Ramani, CTVS Department, Frontier Life Line Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Post Graduate, 

Manem Raveena, Intern, Andhra Medical college, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Intern, Andhra Medical college, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Manem Nikitha, Intern, Andhra Medical college, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Intern, Andhra Medical college, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Published

2016-09-30

How to Cite

Salla Surya Prakasa Rao, Sweta Ramani, Manem Raveena, & Manem Nikitha. (2016). Assessment of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Cognition in hypertension. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 3(3), 188–190. https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2016.3.3.28