Abstract
Objective To explore the effects of antihypertensive exercise combined with traditional Chinese medicine characteristic nursing in preventive care among elderly hypertension patients. Methods From June 2017 to June 2018, this study selected 136 elderly patients in Department of Health Care in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. All of patients were randomly divided into control group and observation group, 68 cases in each group. Control group carried out the traditional Chinese medicine characteristic nursing. On the basis of that in control group, observation group combined with the antihypertensive exercise. The scores of two groups were compared with the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) , Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) , Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Self-Efficacy Scale, and blood pressure before and after intervention were compared. Results Six months after intervention, the scores of SAS, SDS and PSQI of patients in observation group were (40.28±2.63) , (45.04±2.83) and (5.36±1.02) respectively lower than those in control group with statistical differences (P<0.05) . The scores of Self-Efficacy Scale of patients in observation group and control group were (7.82±0.75) and (6.14±1.03) with a statistical difference (P<0.05) . Six months after intervention, the systolic pressure and diastolic pressure of patients in observation group were (133.13±6.15) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) and (92.03±3.54) mmHg statistically lower than those in control group (P<0.05) . Conclusions Traditional Chinese medicine characteristic nursing combined with antihypertensive exercise has significant effects in preventive care among elderly hypertension patients which can improve anxiety, depression, sleep quality and self-efficacy, and lower blood pressure. Key words: Blood pressure; Traditional Chinese medicine characteristic nursing; Antihypertensive exercise; Preventive medicine for the aged
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