Why the study?
Hypertension in the elderly increases stroke and mortality, requiring further therapy to lower blood pressure levels, including non-pharmacological options like deep breathing therapy.
Does deep breathing therapy reduce systolic blood pressure in elderly hypertensive women?
Population
12 elderly hypertensive women aged 55 years old or older
Comparison
Deep breathing therapy vs control group
Design
Quasi-experimental two-group pretest-posttest study
Follow-up
seven consecutive days
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for deep breathing in elderly hypertension; leaves open practice change pending randomized evidence.
Does deep breathing therapy reduce systolic blood pressure in elderly hypertensive women?
Deep breathing therapy for seven consecutive days is an effective non-pharmacological intervention to reduce systolic blood pressure in elderly hypertensive women.
Moch. Chaerudin (2020) studied this question.
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