THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ESSENTIAL ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN ELDERLY PEOPLE.

This article presents the results of a study of the correlation between psychological stress and essential arterial hypertension in elderly people living in a boarding house. The use of appropriate methods and materials, as well as the t-test to check the equality of the mean values in the two samples, allowed us to establish a certain causal relationship in the development of this disease.