The Role of Social and Psychoemotional Factors in the Development of Cardiovascular Disease: The Experience in Eastern European Countries

The socio-economic state of society and the associated level of psychoemotional tension and “stress” currently do not play a significant role in the assessment of factors which determine cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is difficult to determine their role in the formation of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, while at the same time taking into account the presence of various risk factors in the observed population groups (smoking, lipid metabolism abnormalities, high level of arterial blood pressure, etc.).