Sleep complaints predict increases in resting blood pressure following marital separation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although marital separation and divorce are associated with many negative health outcomes, few studies examine the psychophysiological mechanisms that may give rise to these outcomes. This study examined changes in resting blood pressure (BP) as a function of sleep complaints in recently divorced adults.

Method

Recently separated adults (n = 138; 38 men) completed a self-report measure of sleep complaints and a resting blood pressure (BP) assessment in the laboratory at three occasions across 7.5 months.

Results

Multilevel analyses revealed that although sleep complaints were not associated with concurrent BP, sleep complaints predicted significant increases in both systolic and diastolic BP at the subsequent laboratory visit. In addition, time since the sep

SUBMITTER: Krietsch KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4469370 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature