Optimization of Blood Pressure in Adult Hypertensive Patients with Lifestyle Modifications
Objective: To determine the impact of lifestyle on the optimization of blood pressure in adult hypertensive patients Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 Methodology: The study populat...
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| author | Altaf Hussain Muhammad Hafeez Muhammad Naveed Syed Umer Shah Mohammad Shahid Khan Muhammad Mehtab Shabir |
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Objective: To determine the impact of lifestyle on the optimization of blood pressure in adult hypertensive patients
Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.
Place and Duration of Study: Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, Aug 2019 to Jan 2020
Methodology: The study population comprised of 200 hypertension patients reporting for routine follow-up. Patients were divided into two groups. Group-A (controls) had the patients with the continuation of the routine anti-hypertensive medication. At the same time, Group-B (cases) received lifestyle modifications (salt restriction, quitting smoking and daily step count by using a pedometer) in addition to the routine anti-hypertension medication. Control of blood pressure among the groups was compared three months after the start of the study.
Results: Mean age of the patients was 46.50±3.56 years. The mean duration of hypertension in the study participants was 5.12±3.24 years. Optimal blood pressure was achieved in 103(51.5%), while this was not achieved in 97(48.5%). With the help of binary logistic regression analysis, we found a statistically significant difference in achieving optimal blood pressure control among the cases and controls. Gender was also statistically significant in achieving control of blood pressure (pvalue<0.001).
Conclusion: This study showed a significant difference in optimizing the blood pressure of patients who received lifestyle modification in addition to conventional biological treatment than those who only received the routine anti-hypertensive medication. Females also had better control as compared to males.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e5b069380cc46e2ad401e33ca56cd5b2023-01-31T08:20:03ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422022-12-0172610.51253/pafmj.v72i6.4545Optimization of Blood Pressure in Adult Hypertensive Patients with Lifestyle ModificationsAltaf Hussain0Muhammad Hafeez1Muhammad Naveed2Syed Umer Shah3Mohammad Shahid Khan4Muhammad Mehtab Shabir5Pak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanHITEC Institute of Medical Science Texila/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) Rawalpindi Pakistan Objective: To determine the impact of lifestyle on the optimization of blood pressure in adult hypertensive patients Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 Methodology: The study population comprised of 200 hypertension patients reporting for routine follow-up. Patients were divided into two groups. Group-A (controls) had the patients with the continuation of the routine anti-hypertensive medication. At the same time, Group-B (cases) received lifestyle modifications (salt restriction, quitting smoking and daily step count by using a pedometer) in addition to the routine anti-hypertension medication. Control of blood pressure among the groups was compared three months after the start of the study. Results: Mean age of the patients was 46.50±3.56 years. The mean duration of hypertension in the study participants was 5.12±3.24 years. Optimal blood pressure was achieved in 103(51.5%), while this was not achieved in 97(48.5%). With the help of binary logistic regression analysis, we found a statistically significant difference in achieving optimal blood pressure control among the cases and controls. Gender was also statistically significant in achieving control of blood pressure (pvalue<0.001). Conclusion: This study showed a significant difference in optimizing the blood pressure of patients who received lifestyle modification in addition to conventional biological treatment than those who only received the routine anti-hypertensive medication. Females also had better control as compared to males. https://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/4545Anti-hypertensive medicationBlood pressureHypertensionLifestyle |
| spellingShingle | Altaf Hussain Muhammad Hafeez Muhammad Naveed Syed Umer Shah Mohammad Shahid Khan Muhammad Mehtab Shabir Optimization of Blood Pressure in Adult Hypertensive Patients with Lifestyle Modifications Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal Anti-hypertensive medication Blood pressure Hypertension Lifestyle |
| title | Optimization of Blood Pressure in Adult Hypertensive Patients with Lifestyle Modifications |
| title_full | Optimization of Blood Pressure in Adult Hypertensive Patients with Lifestyle Modifications |
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| title_short | Optimization of Blood Pressure in Adult Hypertensive Patients with Lifestyle Modifications |
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