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January 1, 1997Psychosomatic Medicine

Clinical Effects of Blood Pressure Biofeedback Treatment on Hypertension by Auto-shaping

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Why the study?

Does biofeedback treatment reduce blood pressure and stress-induced pressor response in outpatients with essential hypertension?

Population

30 outpatients with essential hypertension (10 men and 20 women) aged 38 to 65 years.

Comparison

Biofeedback treatment once a week for a total of… vs Self-monitoring of blood pressure during…

Design

RCT, Randomly assigned to group A or B

Follow-up

4 weeks (four weekly sessions)

Authors

MNMutsuhiro NakaoShowa UniversitySNShinobu NomuraOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityTSTatsuo ShimosawaInternational University of Health and Welfare

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Implication

Biofeedback offers a nonpharmacologic option for essential hypertension; extends prior variable reports with RCT confirmation of efficacy.

Structured PICO

Does biofeedback treatment reduce blood pressure and stress-induced pressor response in outpatients with essential hypertension?

P
Population
30 outpatients with essential hypertension (10 men and 20 women) aged 38 to 65 years.
I
Intervention
Biofeedback treatment once a week for a total of four sessions.
C
Comparator
Self-monitoring of blood pressure during sessions as a control period.
O
Outcome
Blood pressure measured by doctor and elevation of pressure induced by mental stress testing.surrogate

Biofeedback treatment effectively reduces blood pressure and suppresses the pressor response to mental stress in patients with essential hypertension.

Cite This Study

Nakao et al. (1997) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d24591e7099f69104f30ehttps://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-199705000-00017

Topics

Hypertension management
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