Relationships among Acculturative Stress, Sleep, and Nondipping Blood Pressure in Korean American Women

Minhee Suh, Debra J. Barksdale and Jeongok Logan

Clinical Nursing Research, 2013, vol. 22, issue 1, 112-129

Abstract: Generally blood pressure (BP) should drop or dip by 10–20% during sleep. The phenomenon of nondipping BP during sleep has gained interest because of its association with various damaging effects to end-organs. This exploratory study examined nighttime nondipping BP, acculturative stress and quality of sleep in 30 Korean American women. Acculturative stress and sleep quality were measured using the Revised Social, Attitudinal, Familial, and Environmental Acculturative Stress Scale (R-SAFE) and the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively. Participants’ BP was monitored over a 24-hour period. Participants were categorized as dippers and nondippers based on the drop in nocturnal systolic BP. Of the 30 women, 8 (26.7%) were nondippers. A shorter sleep duration and more disturbed sleep were associated with nondipping and, interestingly, less acculturative stress was also associated with nondipping BP. Our finding supports that sleep evaluation is needed in caring for individuals with nondipping BP.

Keywords: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; psychological stress; sleep; acculturation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773812455054

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