J Korean Acad Nurs.  2001 Dec;31(6):998-1011.

The Effects of Abdominal Relaxed Breathing Training on Stress response and Blood Pressure for Elderly Hypertensionve Patient

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Nursing, Woosuk University, Korea.
  • 2College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
In order to improve self-management of elderly hypertensives in this study, the researcher examined the effect of blood pressure regulation by an abdominal relaxed breathing training which regulates physical response to stress and lessens the activity of the sympathetic nerve. METHOD: A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design was used. Thirty elderly hypertensive patient ; Sixteen in the abdominal breathing group and fourteen in the control group participated in this study. The abdominal relaxed breathing training consisted of eight sessions twice a week for four weeks. There was no intervention for the control group. RESULT: 1. There was a significant decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure between the experimental group and control group over three different times, and interaction by groups and over time. 2. There was no significant difference in the level of total stress response, physical stress response, behavioral-cognitive stress response between the experimental group and control group over three different times, and interaction by groups and over time.
CONCLUSION
Findings indicate that this study will contribute to develop nursing strategies for the regulation of blood pressure for the elderly, which is easy for the elderly to learn as a nonpharmacologic approach.

Keyword

Eldery; hypertension; Abdominal relaxed breathing training; Blood pressure; Stress response

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Blood Pressure*
Humans
Hypertension
Nursing
Respiration*
Self Care
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