Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with hypertension in military servants, war veterans and populations exposed to chronic violence. However, this association has been poorly investigated in refugees, particularly in women. In the present work, we present the data of the first-year-war refugees enrolled in the WAR-SCAR project.[...]
Shalimova, A., Stoenoiu, M., Manolache, N.-G., Cubała, W. J., Burnier, M., Narkiewicz, K., & Persu, A. (2024). Association of High Blood Pressure With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Ukrainian Women Refugees. Hypertension, 81(10), e128-e131. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.23254 (Original work published 2024)