Investigation of alexitimia and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in patients with hypertension

Abstract

Hypertension is a common disease in the world and is known as the silent killer. Many factors play a role in the emergence of this disease, including alexithymia and heart rate variability. The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences between patients with hypertension. and healthy people in the aforementioned variables and determining the predictive role of these variables in the severity of hypertension symptoms; According to the mentioned materials, the purpose of this study was to investigate alexithymia and heart rate variability in patients with hypertension. Material and Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional descriptive study that was conducted during 1402 with the participation of 100 people; This research was carried out on two groups of 50 people (100 people in total) of patients and healthy people. To check alexi-time, the Toronto Alexi-Time scale was used, and to check the heart rate variability, the inpulse software was set for use in the ios system. has become Finally, independent sample t-test and univariate and multivariate regression analysis were used for analytical analysis. Results: Alexithymia has a positive relationship with the severity of blood pressure symptoms at a rate of 0.30 and this variable with R2 coefficient (0.09) can significantly explain 9% of the changes in the severity of blood pressure symptoms. In addition, the value of the standard beta coefficient (0.30) shows that in the standard unit, this variable can significantly predict 0.30 of the changes in the severity of blood pressure symptoms (P=0.001 and t=2.18); Also, Hrv1 has a positive relationship with the severity of blood pressure symptoms at the rate of 0.57 and this variable with R2 coefficient (0.33) can significantly explain 33% of the changes in the severity of blood pressure symptoms. In addition, the value of the standard beta coefficient (0.57) shows that in the standard unit, this variable can significantly predict 0.57 of the changes in the severity of blood pressure symptoms (P=0.001 and t=4.91). Hrv2 has a positive relationship with the severity of blood pressure symptoms at a rate of 0.60 and this variable with R2 coefficient (0.36) can significantly explain 36% of the changes in the severity of blood pressure symptoms. In addition, the value of the standard beta coefficient (0.60) shows that in the standard unit, this variable can significantly predict 0.60 of the changes in the severity of blood pressure symptoms (P=0.001 and t=5.15).