The influence of psychological and social factors on accuracy of self-reported blood pressure

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-418

  Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^a,b   Prados Torres, Alexandra ^c   Singer, Burton ^d   Bruce, Martha Livingston ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Epidemiol and Pub Health ^*  (United States)

^c ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Hypertension; Medical records; Psychosocial factors; Recall

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343765722     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00427-1     Document Type: Article

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