A 6-month educational program significantly reduced systolic blood pressure in pre-frail and frail older adults, increasing the proportion of participants with normal levels by 16%.
Does a 6-month educational program reduce blood pressure in community-dwelling pre-frail and frail older adults?
A 6-month educational program is a feasible non-pharmacological strategy that significantly improves systolic blood pressure in community-dwelling pre-frail and frail older adults.
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Background/Objectives: Maintaining healthy blood pressure (BP) is essential in the frailty phenotype to prevent cardiovascular events. This study examined the effects of a 6-month educational program on BP in community-dwelling pre-frail or frail older adults. Methods: In this multicenter randomized controlled trial, 210 community-dwelling older adults (145 women; 74 ± 6 years) meeting at least one of Fried’s frailty criteria were assigned to a control group (usual care; n = 95) or an intervention group (educational program; n = 115). The 6-month intervention consisted of an educational program that provided recommendations on physical activity, nutrition, cognition, and psychosocial well-being, delivered through four group sessions and six telephone calls. Systolic BP and diastolic BP were measured at baseline and after 6 months, and categorized as normal, high-normal, or hypertensive (systolic: 0.05), nor were there significant effects for diastolic BP in any study group (p > 0.05). Conclusions: These findings suggest that this educational program may be a feasible complementary non-pharmacological strategy to improve systolic BP, a key cardiovascular risk factor, in community-dwelling pre-frail and frail older adults.
Ávila-Cabeza-de-Vaca et al. (Wed,) reported a other. A 6-month educational program significantly reduced systolic blood pressure in pre-frail and frail older adults, increasing the proportion of participants with normal levels by 16%.