There are several studies that prove the consistent positive association between hypertension and cardiovascular diseases 1, 4, 5. As a result of issues associated to hypertension, men lose 9.31 years of their lifetime on average, and women lose 9.46 years 3. About 47% of atherosclerotic arterial diseases is caused by chronically elevated blood pressure 2. Hypertension is the cause of about 7.6 million deaths per year across the world. Hypertension or high arterial blood pressure increases the risk of cardiovascular-associated morbidity and mortality burden worldwide 1. Relationship between Sleep and Hypertension: A Narrative Review. Data from this review article can prove beneficial to the common population in the understanding of sleep being a modifiable risk factor of hypertension and encourage healthcare workers and patients to make the necessary changes in their sleeping patterns to prevent hypertension and associated cardiovascular events.Ĭardiovascular diseases Hypertension Insomnia Sleepĭownload this article as: Copy the following to cite this article: Literature review showed that individuals reporting shorter durations of sleep, disrupted sleep patterns and insomnia were shown to be suffering from hypertension as compared to individuals receiving adequate and quality sleep at night.
The two sociodemographic variables considered was age and gender. The keywords used for searching in the databases included sleep, insomnia, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
The studies reported in this review were collected from the databases that include PubMed, Sciencedirect, Hindawi, ResearchGate and AHA journals in the period of 2006-2022. This narrative review aims at providing an overview of the existing studies on the relationship between duration of sleep as well as its quality and hypertension.
Rise in systemic arterial blood pressure can be caused by factors such as unhealthy diet (excessive intake of salts, trans-fats and saturated fats), alcohol intake, inadequate sleep, smoking and decreased levels of physical activity. The risk of cardiovascular disease increases at an alarming rate with the increase in an individual’s blood pressure. Swetha Kannan 1* and Jayakumary Muttappallymyalil 2ĢFaculty Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University Ajman, UAE
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