Influence of sensitivity to emotional stress on character traits in patients with essential hypertension

On the basis of the cardiology unit we examined 36 patients with essential hypertension using the original psycho-emotional load tests in conjunction with the personality test “Life Style Index”. It was found that if in patients with hypertension emotional stress has significant effect on vegetative balance, shifting it to sympathicotonia, so in their character traits accentuation such as acceptance and joy are observed. This behavior is adaptive, since it allows avoiding the negative and positive emotions, provoking increase in blood pressure and development of hypertensive crisis.