Perceived stress, sleep disturbances and cardiovascular health outcomes

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Miroslava Petkova Petkova
Trakia University, Medical Faculty, Department of Medical psychology and foreign languages, Bulgaria
Valeri Tsekov Nikolov
Trakia University, Medical Faculty, Department of Medical psychology and foreign languages, Bulgaria
Emil Valeriev Nikolov
Trakia University, Medical Faculty, Department of Medical psychology and foreign languages, Bulgaria

Abstract

Sleep is well defined as an important contributor to health. Sleep duration, mostly short sleep, and sleep quality have been assessed as being related to cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between perceived stress levels, sleep duration and sleep quality in connection with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular (arterial hypertension) and endocrine diseases (type 2 diabetes mellitus). Thirty-four patients diagnosed with arterial hypertension and 35 patients with type 2 diabetes were assessed. The MOS: SS, the perceived stress scale, and pulse wave velocity were determined with applanation to nometry. The results of the study are discussed in relation to the significance of perceived stress levels and established sleep disturbances with respect to pulse wave velocity in patients with arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus.


 


Keywords: Perceived stress, sleep duration, sleep quality, pulse wave velocity

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Petkova, M. P., Nikolov, V. T., & Nikolov, E. V. (2020). Perceived stress, sleep disturbances and cardiovascular health outcomes. International Journal of Emerging Trends in Health Sciences, 4(2), 77–83. Retrieved from https://un-pub.eu/ojs/index.php/ijeths/article/view/4755
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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020): August
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