Key result
A multi-lifestyle medical residential intervention significantly decreased systolic blood pressure by 8% to 31% within 14 days (P<0.001), with 40% of subjects achieving <120 mmHg.
Why the study?
Hypertension is widely prevalent and typically managed pharmacologically, prompting this evaluation of reversing hypertension through a multi-lifestyle medical residential intervention.
Does a multi-lifestyle medical residential intervention reduce systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients?
Observational (n=114)
Does a multi-lifestyle medical residential intervention reduce systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients?
p-value: p=<0.001
A 14-day multi-lifestyle residential intervention significantly reduced systolic blood pressure and allowed for medication reduction in hypertensive patients.
Supports residential multi-lifestyle programs for hypertension; leaves open durability, generalizability, and need for randomized confirmation.
Hypertension is worldwide and the most common problem in clinical practice in the United States. It is typically treated with medications, but it also responds to various lifestyle principles. This study assessed the effectiveness of reversing hypertension using a multi-lifestyle medical residential intervention. We evaluated retrospective data from the pretest-posttest intervention of the 114 subjects that were hypertensive from among all 173 enrolled in NEWSTART during 2014. Of the 114 individuals with hypertension, there were 37% males and 63% females. Baseline values (Mean±SD) were: 66.5 ± 10.6 years, 31.9 ± 6.6 kg/m2, and 139 ± 20 mmHg. Systolic blood pressure decreased significantly (p < 0.001) within 14 days in all population sub-groups from −8% (diabetic) to −31% (normal weight). Forty percent of subjects achieved <120 mmHg. Medications were discontinued or decreased by 93% of the subjects. This lifestyle intervention is appropriate for first-line treatment of hypertension.
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Sanchez et al. (2019) conducted an observational in Hypertension (n=114). Multi-lifestyle medical residential intervention (NEWSTART) was evaluated on Change in systolic blood pressure (p=<0.001). A multi-lifestyle medical residential intervention significantly decreased systolic blood pressure by 8% to 31% within 14 days (P<0.001), with 40% of subjects achieving <120 mmHg.
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