Article

Cardiovascular response to mental and physical tasks as predictors of ambulatory measurements

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Fahrenberg, Jochen
Foerster, Friedrich
Wilmers, Fabian

Abstract / Description

Cardiovascular responsiveness in the laboratory and in the field was investigated in male students, 40 with borderline hypertensive blood pressure (SBP > 140mmHg and/or DBP > 90mmHg), 17 with mildly elevated blood pressure, and 41 with normotensive blood pressure. The behavioral tests and physically demanding tasks in the laboratory included mental arithmetic, free speech condition, the Cold Pressor Test, upright tilt, climbing stairs, and ergometer exercise. Subsequently, subjects participated in a 24-hour psychophysiological ambulatory monitoring. Borderline hypertensive and normotensive subjects differed in baseline, task, and recovery levels of SBP, DBP, and HR. A laboratory-field comparison showed that some laboratory tasks substantially predicted average daytime blood pressure and heart rate. Measures that were obtained during upright tilt and the stairs test were found to explain a higher portion of criterion variance than psychological tasks, e.g., mental arithmetic. The elevated heart rate (baseline and task level) that was evident in borderline hypertensive subjects in the laboratory disappeared during ambulatory monitoring. This finding suggests differential adaptations to the laboratory.

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Blutdruck Herzfrequenz Grenzwert-Hypertonie Ambulante Behandlung Monitoring Kardiovaskuläre Leistungsfähigkeit Blutdruck Herzfrequenz Grenzwert-Hypertonie Ambulante Behandlung Monitoring Kardiovaskuläre Leistungsfähigkeit Blood pressure heart rate borderline hypertension ambulatory monitoring laboratory-field prediction cardiovascular reactivity baselines

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Date of first publication

1993

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unknown

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Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Fahrenberg, Jochen
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Foerster, Friedrich
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Wilmers, Fabian
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-21T17:09:14Z
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    2015-05-29
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  • Made available on
    2022-11-21T17:09:14Z
  • Date of first publication
    1993
  • Abstract / Description
    Cardiovascular responsiveness in the laboratory and in the field was investigated in male students, 40 with borderline hypertensive blood pressure (SBP > 140mmHg and/or DBP > 90mmHg), 17 with mildly elevated blood pressure, and 41 with normotensive blood pressure. The behavioral tests and physically demanding tasks in the laboratory included mental arithmetic, free speech condition, the Cold Pressor Test, upright tilt, climbing stairs, and ergometer exercise. Subsequently, subjects participated in a 24-hour psychophysiological ambulatory monitoring. Borderline hypertensive and normotensive subjects differed in baseline, task, and recovery levels of SBP, DBP, and HR. A laboratory-field comparison showed that some laboratory tasks substantially predicted average daytime blood pressure and heart rate. Measures that were obtained during upright tilt and the stairs test were found to explain a higher portion of criterion variance than psychological tasks, e.g., mental arithmetic. The elevated heart rate (baseline and task level) that was evident in borderline hypertensive subjects in the laboratory disappeared during ambulatory monitoring. This finding suggests differential adaptations to the laboratory.
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  • Publication status
    unknown
  • Review status
    unknown
  • ISSN
    0269-8803
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-41677
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/903
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.10886
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    In: Journal of Psychophysiology 7 (1993), S. 275-289
  • Keyword(s)
    Blutdruck
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  • Keyword(s)
    Herzfrequenz
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  • Keyword(s)
    Grenzwert-Hypertonie
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  • Keyword(s)
    Ambulante Behandlung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Monitoring
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  • Keyword(s)
    Kardiovaskuläre Leistungsfähigkeit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Blutdruck
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  • Keyword(s)
    Herzfrequenz
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Grenzwert-Hypertonie
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Ambulante Behandlung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Monitoring
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  • Keyword(s)
    Kardiovaskuläre Leistungsfähigkeit
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  • Keyword(s)
    Blood pressure
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  • Keyword(s)
    heart rate
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  • Keyword(s)
    borderline hypertension
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  • Keyword(s)
    ambulatory monitoring
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  • Keyword(s)
    laboratory-field prediction
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  • Keyword(s)
    cardiovascular reactivity
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  • Keyword(s)
    baselines
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Cardiovascular response to mental and physical tasks as predictors of ambulatory measurements
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok