01605nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002700118653001200145653001500157653001100172653001900183100002200202700002100224700001900245700001300264700001500277245011200292300001200404490000600416520090100422022001401323020001401337       2001                            d  c07/2001bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aCardiovascular disease10aAnxiety10aDepression10aStress10aSocial support1 aF. Calvo Francés1 aD. Díaz Palarea1 aN. Ojeda Ojeda1 aJ. Ramal1 aS. Alemán00aDifferences in anxiety, depression, stress and social support between hypertensive an normotensive subjects  a203-2130 v73 aArterial hypertension is one of the principal risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). There is strong evidence of the relationship between depression, anxiety, stress and the deficit of social support and the CVD, and that such psychological variables have an influence on arterial hypertension. The aim of this investigation has been to provide further information on the supposed relationships between such variables and arterial hypertension. Method: differences in anxiety, depression, level of stress and level of social support were studied between a group of 73 diagnosed hypertensives patients and a group of 73 healthy equivalent controls. Results: significant differences in anxiety and depression levels were found between both groups, hypertensives revealing the highest values. Significant differences in levels of stress and social support were not found between both groups.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437