Effectiveness of behavioral treatment methods compared to pharmacological therapy and self recordings of blood pressure in essential hypertensives (preliminary report).
48 essential hypertensives were randomly assigned to (1) a behavioral treatment (n = 20), (2) a pharmacological treatment (n = 20), or (3) self recordings of BP (n = 8). Group 1 and 2 showed during 1 year of therapy comparable significant decreases of systolic and diastolic BP, whilst group 3 showed significant increases after 3 months of therapy.
D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012064:Relaxation Therapy
D011412:Propanolamines; C011550:talinolol; D011433:Propranolol