BP reactivity to public speaking in stage 1 XXXX : influence of different task scenarios.

@entity148 @entity101
AIM: To investigate the blood pressure (BP) reaction to public speaking performed according to different emotionally distressing scenarios in stage 1 @entity101 . METHODS. We assessed 64 @entity101 and 30 normotensive subjects. They performed three speech tasks with neutral, anger and @entity148 scenarios. BP was assessed with the Finometer beat-to-beat non-invasive recording system throughout the test procedure. RESULTS: For all types of speech, the systolic BP response was greater in the @entity101 than the normotensive subjects (all p < 0.001). At repeated-measures analysis of covariate (R-M ANCOVA), a significant group-by-time interaction was found for all scenarios (p  <= 0.001). For the diastolic BP response, the between-group difference was significant for the task with @entity148 scenario (p < 0.05). At R-M ANCOVA, a group-by-time interaction of borderline statistical significance was found for the speech with @entity148 content (p = 0.053) but not for the speeches with neutral or anger content. Within the @entity101 group, the diastolic BP increments during the speeches with @entity148 and anger scenarios were greater than those during the speech with neutral scenario (both p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that reactivity to public speaking is increased in stage 1 @entity101 . A speech with @entity148 or anger scenario elicits a greater diastolic BP reaction than tasks with neutral content.
