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AgeWell: Research into Wellbeing in Older Adults

Grant reference: RES-192-22-0017

Journal article details

Title Prospective associations between cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress and change in physical disability in a large community sample

Description Exaggerated haemodynamic reactions to acute psychological stress have been implicated in cardiovascular disease outcomes, while lower reactions have been considered benign. This study examined, in a large cohort, the prospective associations between stress reactivity and physical disability. Blood pressure and pulse rate were measured at rest and in response to a stress task. Physical disability was assessed using the OPCS survey of disability at baseline and five years later. Heart rate reactivity was negatively associated with change in physical disability over time, such that those with lower heart rate reactivity were more likely to deteriorate over the following five years. These effects remained significant following adjustment for a number of confounding variables. These data give further support to the recent argument that for some health outcomes, lower or blunted cardiovascular stress reactivity is not necessarily protective.

Url http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.08.002

DOI 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.08.002

Language English

Primary contributor

Author Anna C. Phillips

Additional contributors

Co-author Geoff Der

Co-author Deborah Shipton

Co-author Michaela Benzeval

Additional details

Volume number 81

Issue number 3

Is this item peer reviewed (refereed)? Yes

ISSN 0167-8760

Publisher Elsevier

Date of publication 01 September 2011

Page reference 332-337

Place of publication Amsterdam

Is this item a pre-print or post-print? Post-print

Title of journal International journal of psychophysiology

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Citation Style:

Harvard

Phillips, Anna C. et al (2011) Prospective associations between cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress and change in physical disability in a large community sample. International journal of psychophysiology. 81 (3), pp. 332-337 Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Vancouver

Phillips Anna C. et al. Prospective associations between cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress and change in physical disability in a large community sample. International journal of psychophysiology 2011; 81 (3): 332-337.