Effects of Stress on Blood Pressure - A Survey

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the understanding regarding the effects of stress on blood pressure and to  create awareness and to determine the understanding of the effect of stress on blood pressure.

Materials and methods : A convenient sample size of 100 consecutive adults and teenagers from various parts of Chennai participated in this study. A cross sectional observational online based study was conducted. Questionnaire was constructed on a survey monkey website with dichotomous responses and multiple choice questions.

Results: This study showed that 79% of people believed that working long hours is the major factor to increase stress and blood pressure simultaneously while 11%  and 10% of people think that loss of job and chronic illness or injury increases stress and blood pressure respectively and it also shows that 62% of people have answered male will have an increase in blood pressure during stressful conditions than female but 38% of people have also answered in vice versa  and nearly 96 % of people don't think that an increase in blood pressure is a good sign for teenagers while remaining 4% think that it is a good sign. Results of the present study indicated that the overall response from the participants were almost significant with respect to stress.

Conclusion:This survey was done to access the knowledge and awareness on the effect of stress on blood pressure in various aspects.