Psychosocial Factors and Cardiovascular Disease

NCT ID: NCT00005315

Last Updated: 2024-07-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

893 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

1993-09-30

Study Completion Date

2008-08-31

Brief Summary

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To evaluate the role of psychosocial factors in the development of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

To estimate the prevalence of masked hypertension and its potential role in the development of subclinical cardiovascular disease To compare the reliability of office blood pressure (BP), home BP and ambulatory BP, and their associations with subclinical cardiovascular disease

Detailed Description

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DESIGN NARRATIVE:

The studies had several interrelated themes. One was to explore the relationships between environmental stress and blood pressure over a range of time courses, with acute laboratory studies at one extreme, and long- term prospective studies at the other. The basic model of stress included three elements: the objective nature of the stressor, the individual's perception of it, and his or her physiological susceptibility. This model incorporated elements of the Karasek Job Strain model and the Frankenhaueser effort-distress model, with two components corresponding to demand and control. A third dimension was social support. These models were tested under both laboratory and field conditions. Blood pressure was the main dependent variable, together with structural changes in the heart and carotid arteries. Five projects were included. Project l evaluated the ability of ambulatory blood pressure, and blood pressure variability, to predict cardiovascular morbidity, and also included a cross-sectional study comparing the relationships between blood pressure and target organ damage in Black and white individuals. The hypothesis that white coat hypertension is a condition associated with lower risk than sustained hypertension was also tested. Project 2 (the Work Site Blood Pressure Study) prospectively evaluated the effects of job strain and social support on blood pressure and other outcome variables in a working population. Project 3 studied psychosocial and hormonal factors influencing diurnal variations of blood pressure in women, including the changes associated with menstruation and the menopause. Project 4 (the Masked Hypertension Study) assessed the prevalence of masked hypertension (normal BP in the clinic setting, but elevated BP in one's usual environment) and its association with subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD); \~50% of the sample was re-evaluated an average of 6 years later. Project 5 (Improving the Detection of Hypertension) had repeat assessments of clinic BP, home BP and ambulatory BP in order to evaluate the test-retest reliability of each, and compare their associations with subclinical CVD.

The study was renewed in FY 1998, FY 2003 and in FY 2009 to continue follow-up and analysis.

Conditions

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Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Hypertension

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Employed screening blood pressure \<=160/105 mmHg not taking antihypertensive medication no evidence of secondary hypertension no history of cardiovascular disease (myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Columbia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joseph Schwartz, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Columbia University

References

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Kario K, McEwen BS, Pickering TG. Disasters and the heart: a review of the effects of earthquake-induced stress on cardiovascular disease. Hypertens Res. 2003 May;26(5):355-67. doi: 10.1291/hypres.26.355.

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Landsbergis PA, Schnall PL, Pickering TG, Warren K, Schwartz JE. Lower socioeconomic status among men in relation to the association between job strain and blood pressure. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2003 Jun;29(3):206-15. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.723.

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Haas DC, Gerber LM, Shimbo D, Warren K, Pickering TG, Schwartz JE. A comparison of morning blood pressure surge in African Americans and whites. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2005 Apr;7(4):205-9; quiz 210-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2005.03503.x.

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Haas DC, Davidson KW, Schwartz DJ, Rieckmann N, Roman MJ, Pickering TG, Gerin W, Schwartz JE. Depressive symptoms are independently predictive of carotid atherosclerosis. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Feb 15;95(4):547-50. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.10.032.

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Gerin W, Chaplin W, Schwartz JE, Holland J, Alter R, Wheeler R, Duong D, Pickering TG. Sustained blood pressure increase after an acute stressor: the effects of the 11 September 2001 attack on the New York City World Trade Center. J Hypertens. 2005 Feb;23(2):279-84. doi: 10.1097/00004872-200502000-00009.

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Other Identifiers

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5P01HL047540

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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4078

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Identifier Source: org_study_id

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