Key result
Higher levels of habitual physical activity did not significantly reduce the median number of antihypertensive drugs used by older women with hypertension compared to lower levels of physical activity (median 2.0 in both groups, p=0.77).
Why the study?
Physical exercise is an important tool to manage systemic arterial hypertension, but less is known about its effect on the number of antihypertensive drugs used by older adults.
Does a higher level of habitual physical activity reduce the number of antihypertensive drugs used in elderly women with arterial hypertension?
Cross-Sectional (n=28)
No
Does a higher level of habitual physical activity reduce the number of antihypertensive drugs used in elderly women with arterial hypertension?
Higher habitual physical activity levels in a community program did not significantly reduce the number of antihypertensive medications used by elderly women, though a non-significant trend toward fewer patients needing >2 drugs was observed.
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Higher physical activity may link to fewer antihypertensive drugs in older women; hypothesis-generating and needs prospective confirmation before practice change.
Background Physical exercise is an important tool to manage systemic arterial hypertension. However, less is known about the effect of physical exercise on the number of antihypertensive drugs used by older adults. Objectives The aim was to compare the number of antihypertensive drugs used by older female adults with a low level of physical activity with the number used by those with a high level of physical activity, and to verify how many participants used more than two antihypertensive drugs. Methods Twenty-eight physically active older women with systemic arterial hypertension who participated in a physical activity program for community-dwelling older female adults were divided into two groups: participants that presented lower habitual physical activity levels were placed in group 1 and participants that presented higher habitual physical activity levels were placed in group 2, according to the Baecke questionnaire. In addition, the number of antihypertensive drugs used by participants was collected. Results The number of ingested antihypertensive tablets was 2.0 (median) for both groups investigated. There was no significant difference between groups regarding the number of antihypertensive tablets ingested (p>0.05). Although there was no statistical difference, a higher proportion of participants from the lower physical activity group used more than two antihypertensive drugs. Conclusions The level of habitual physical activity did not affect the number of antihypertensive tablets used by hypertensive women.
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Lira et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Systemic arterial hypertension (n=28). Higher habitual physical activity level vs. Lower habitual physical activity level was evaluated on Number of antihypertensive drugs used (p=0.77). Higher levels of habitual physical activity did not significantly reduce the median number of antihypertensive drugs used by older women with hypertension compared to lower levels of physical activity (median 2.0 in both groups, p=0.77).
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