Effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on human blood pressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability
10.11855/j.issn.0577-7402.2019.02.12
- Author:
Chong-Xia LIU
1
Author Information
1. Hospital of 75600 PLA Troops
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Blood pressure;
Heart rate;
Heart rate variability;
Post-traumatic;
Stress disorders
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2019;44(2):162-165
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Abstract] Objective To investigate the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on blood pressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability. Methods Seventy-eight patients with admitted in the 986th Hospital of PLAAF (former the 323th Hospital of PLA) from May 2016 to January 2018 and our hospital from February 2018 to May 2018 were selected as the study group, and 72 patients with non stress disorder in the same period served as the control group A, and 74 healthy persons enrolled in the same period served as the control group B. The blood pressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability of the three groups were monitored and compared between the groups. Results The systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the patients in the study group were significantly higher than those in the control group A and control group B, and the control group A was significantly higher than the control group B (P<0.05). The 24h total heart rate, average heart rate, fastest heart rate, and slowest heart rate of the patients in the study group were significantly higher than those of the control group A and control group B (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference between the control group A and control group B (P<0.05). The standard deviation of normal to normal intervals (SDNN), SDANN, and SDNN index of the patients in the study group were significantly lower than those of the control group A and control B, and the control group A was significantly lower than the control group B (P<0.05), however, there was no significant difference between the two groups in rMSSD and PNN50 (P>0.05). Conclusion PTSD can raise blood pressure, increase heart rate, and lead to abnormal autonomic nervous tone and imbalance of regulatory function.
