Zhu Guang,Bing Yan,Liu Lijuan,Prevalence and influencing factors of anxiety status among elderly hypertensive patients in a district of Shanghai[J].SICHUAN MENTAL HEALTH,2022,35(1):26-30
Prevalence and influencing factors of anxiety status among elderly hypertensive patients in a district of Shanghai
DOI:10.11886/scjsws20210718001
English keywords:Hypertension  Anxiety  Influencing factor  GAD-7
Fund projects:国家社科基金年度项目(项目名称:基于单病种的家庭医生重点慢性病管理绩效支付模型研究,项目编号:14BGL142);虹口区卫生健康委员会医学科研课题(项目名称:基于个案管理社区精神分裂症康复治疗的前瞻性队列研究,项目编号:虹卫1902-19);虹口区“国医强优”三年行动计划专项(项目名称:中西医结合治疗精神障碍的探索研究,项目编号:HGY-ZXYJH-2018-01)
Author NameAffiliationPostcode
Zhu Guang Hongkou District Mental Health Center Shanghai 200083 China
Faculty of Military Health Service Naval Medical University Shanghai 200433 China 
200433
Bing Yan Faculty of Military Health Service Naval Medical University Shanghai 200433 China
Chinese People's Liberation Army 75220 Troop Huizhou 516133 China 
516133
Liu Lijuan* Faculty of Military Health Service Naval Medical University Shanghai 200433 China 200433
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      Objective To analyze the anxiety status among elderly hypertensive patients in Hongkou district of Shanghai city, and to screen the influencing factors.Methods Convenience sampling method was adopted to enroll 265 hypertensive patients aged 60 years or above from 8 communities in Hongkou district of Shanghai city, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 item (GAD-7) was used to assess their anxiety status, then Logistic regression analysis was applied to explore the influencing factors.Results Among 265 patients with hypertension, 45 patients (17.0%) had anxiety symptoms. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that non-hypertensive chronic disease comorbidity in recent six months (OR=3.093, 95% CI: 1.075~8.898, P<0.05), excessive alcohol consumption (OR=5.203, 95% CI: 1.407~19.234, P<0.05), living with spouse (OR=0.061, 95% CI: 0.005~0.699, P<0.05) and regular exercise (OR=0.360, 95% CI: 0.167~0.775, P<0.01) were the factors affecting anxiety in hypertensive patients.Conclusion Anxiety symptoms are quite common among elderly hypertensive patients in community,among which comorbidities and excessive alcohol consumption are risk factors, while living with spouse and regular exercise are protective factors.
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