Healthcare professional-led interventions on lifestyle modifications for hypertensive patients - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

About 0.9 billion people in the world have hypertension. The mortality due to hypertension increased dramatically over the last decades. Healthcare professionals should support patients with hypertension to modify their lifestyle to decrease blood pressure, but an overview of effective lifestyle interventions is lacking. The aim of this study was to determine whether healthcare professional-led interventions on lifestyle modifications are effective in lowering blood pressure in patients with hypertension.

Methods

A systematic literature review following the PRISMA guidelines was conducted. PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL databases were searched for randomized control trials (RCTs) of interventions on lifestyle modifications of hypertensive patients which were performed

SUBMITTER: Treciokiene I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022420 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature