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Do Cardiovascular Responses to Active and Passive Coping Tasks predict Future Blood Pressure over a 10-Month Later?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2016

Kornanong Yuenyongchaiwat ,
Ian Baker ,
Frankie Maratos  and
David Sheffield
Kornanong Yuenyongchaiwat*
Affiliation:
Thammasat University (Thailand)
Ian Baker
Affiliation:
University of Derby (UK)
Frankie Maratos
Affiliation:
University of Derby (UK)
David Sheffield
Affiliation:
University of Derby (UK)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kornanong Yuenyongchaiwat. Thammasat University. Physiotherapy 99 moo 18. Phathonyathin Rd. Klung neung. Klung Long Pathumtani. 10121. Pathumtani (Thailand). E-mail: ykornano@tu.ac.th, plekornanong@gmail.com
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Abstract

The study examined whether cardiovascular responses to active or passive coping tasks and single or multiple tasks predicted changes in resting blood pressure (BP) over a ten-month period. Heart rate (HR), BP, cardiac output (CO), and total peripheral resistance (TPR) were measured at rest, and during mental stress tests (mental arithmetic, speech, and cold pressor tasks). A total of 104 eligible participants participated in the initial study, and 77 (74.04%) normotensive adult participants’ resting BP were re-evaluated at ten-month follow-up. Regression analyses indicated that after adjustment for baseline BP, initial age, gender, body mass index, family history of cardiovascular disease, and current cigarette smoking, heighted systolic blood pressure (SBP) and HR responses to an active coping task (mental arithmetic) were associated with increased future SBP (ΔR2 = .060, ΔR2 = .045, respectively). Further, aggregated SBP responsivity (over the three tasks) to the predictor models resulted in significant, but smaller increases in ΔR2 accounting for .040 of the variance of follow-up SBP. These findings suggest that cardiovascular responses to active coping tasks predict future SBP. Further, compared with single tasks, the findings revealed that SBP responses to three tasks were less predictive compared to an individual task (i.e., mental arithmetic). Of importance, hemodynamic reactivity (namely CO and TPR) did not predict future BP suggesting that more general psychophysiological processes (e.g., inflammation, platelet aggregation) may be implicated, or that BP, but not hemodynamic reactivity may be a marker of hypertension.

Keywords

cardiovascular reactivitymental stressblood pressureactive copingpassive coping
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 19 , 2016 , E10
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2016 

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