Why the study?
Hypertension prevalence remains high, especially in Southeast Asia and Indonesia, highlighting the need for efforts to control blood pressure.
Does an eight-week self-management program reduce blood pressure in persons with hypertension?
Comparison
Eight-week self-management program vs control group
Design
Quasi-experimental study with pre-test post-test control group design
Key result
An eight-week self-management program significantly reduced systolic blood pressure compared to a control group among patients with hypertension (effect size 0.71; p=0.05).
Authors
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May support self-management in hypertension care; leaves open confirmation in larger trials.
Does an eight-week self-management program reduce blood pressure in persons with hypertension?
Standardized Mean Difference: 0.71
p-value: p=0.05
An eight-week self-management program including exercise and diet modification significantly reduces systolic blood pressure in patients with hypertension.
Aungsuroch et al. (2022) studied hypertension (n=77). self-management program vs. control group was evaluated on systolic blood pressure (effect size 0.71, p=0.05). An eight-week self-management program significantly reduced systolic blood pressure compared to a control group among patients with hypertension (effect size 0.71; p=0.05).