Early diagnosis of stress-induced hypertension in young employees of state law enforcement agencies

Abstract

Psychoemotional stress is one of the leading cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this study was to explore manifestations of arterial hypertension (AH) in young men employed in the stress associatedfield works. Material and methods. A total of 68 young men, exposed to job stress (JS) of different severity during 1 to 5 years were surveyed. The control group was formed of persons whose daily work was unrelated to operational activities. The study included ambulatory monitoring (AM) blood pressure (BP) on different days of the week, comparing the results of the office and DMBP determination and assessment of resistance to a variety of diagnostic loads. Results. The study revealed an increase of AMBP indicators during the working day and their normalization at weekend. The comparison of the results of office and ambulatory determination of BP demonstrated that different forms of stressful AH (stable, isolated office and latent) occurred significantly more often than in the control group. These changes almost completely disappeared at weekends. The tolerance ofpsychoemotional testing was much worse than that of traditional exercises. It is proposed to more extensively use AMBP during regular medical examinations of young men exposed to JS in order to establish a timely differential diagnosis of various forms of stressful hypertension.