بررسي و مقايسه اثر دو روش بيوفيدبك -آرامسازي و آرامسازي در كنترل فشارخون در بيماران مبتلا به افزايش خفيف فشارخون

The Effect of Relaxation and Biofeedback Assisted Relaxation in Patients with Mild Hypertension

Background and Objectives: Blood pressure is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases and because of the chronicity it needs a life long therapy. Many patients are not compliant to continue their treatment and after a long period discontinue their drugs and seek for non-drug treatments. In" this study, we evaluated the effect of two techniques of behavioral therapy, relaxation and biofeedback assisted relaxation on blood pressure. Materials and Methods: Fifty-six men (aged between 30 to 60 years) with mild hypertension, who did not use any pharmacological treatment, took part in this study. Participants were randomly divided into three groups, relaxation or group I (19 participants), biofeedback assisted relaxation or group II (18 patients) and control or group III (19 patients). Treatment period consisted of ten sessions (every other day). Group I and II performed relaxation for 15 minutes during each session. In group H at the end of each relaxation session for another 15 minutes blood pressure was measured at 2 to 3 minute interval and declared to the patient. Heart rate and blood pressure were measured and recorded before and after each session. In control group only blood pressure was measured at each session. Stress state was measured by Malekpoor questionnaire with 67%vali