A real opportunity to modify cardiovascular risk through primary care and prevention: A pilot study.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent a major threat to health and primary prevention outstands as the most effective instrument to face this issue, addressing multiple risk factors at a time and influencing behavioral patterns. Community nurses have been involved in many interdisciplinary prevention activities, resulting in effective control of CV risk factors. We conducted a pilot study aiming at describing the impact on the CV risk profile of an 18-month interdisciplinary intervention on lifestyle habits.

Alexithymia: A facet of uncontrolled hypertension.

Introduction: Proper control of blood pressure reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications in hypertensive people. However, this control remains mostly unsatisfactory. Although alexithymia has been associated with essential hypertension, no study has analysed the relationship between alexithymia and blood pressure control in drug-treated hypertension.

Coping styles in individuals with hypertension of varying severity.

The strategies that people usually use to cope with stressful events, that is, their coping style, may affect blood pressure and cardiovascular functioning. Generally, hypertension is positively associated with emotion-oriented, maladaptive coping strategies and negatively related to task-focused coping styles, but no study has investigated the relationship between coping strategies and the severity of hypertension. This study aimed to assess whether the severity of cardiovascular disorders was associated with specific coping strategies.

[Economic performance and well being in call center operators].

Introduction: Many studies highlight that workers showing high well-being prove high job performance, but it is unknown whether economic performance affects psychological well-being. This study is aimed to analyze the relationships between economic performance and well-being in call center operators.

Method: Forty-nine telephone operators, engaged in the sale of credit cards, were required to fill in questionnaires assessing the following dimensions: Well-being, Alexithymia, Coping, Psychopathological symptoms, and Self-declared Economic performance.