Keywords
Psychological tension
Adults
Elderly
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the influence of psychological stress as a causative agent of hypertension in middle-aged patients. Methods: This is an integrative review, with articles published between 2013 and 2023 in Portuguese, English and Spanish and with the content available in full. As a guiding question, the following was used: “How does psychological stress influence the development of arterial hypertension in middle-aged patients?” The bibliographic research was carried out in the MedLine, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Science (LILACS), BDENF and Index Psicologia databases during the months of May and June 2023. The Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) were used: “Stress, Psychological”, “Hypertension” and “Middle Aged” with the Boolean operator “AND”. Results: The 12 publications that fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria reveal that psychological stress contributes as a risk factor, in middle-aged patients, for the development of arterial hypertension. Final considerations: The literature presents the range between 41 and 60 years as the most predisposing to events of elevated blood pressure, mainly in the context of work where stress levels can be high due to the demand required.
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