Blood Pressure Control and Cognitive Performance

National project of blood pressure control: Do's and don't's

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The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention on Self-Care Behaviors and Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Primary Hypertension

Aims: Adopting self-care behaviors in patients with hypertension is one of the most effective ways to control blood pressure. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of the cognitive-behavioral intervention on self-care behaviors and blood pressure control. Materials & Methods: This clinical trial study conducted in 2019 on patients over 30-years with primary hypertension in Dorc...

High-normal blood pressure is associated with poor cognitive performance.

While the relation between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and vascular events is linear down to the high-normal range, the relation between SBP and cognition is less clear. We cross-sectionally assessed the relation between SBP and cognition in a cohort extending from mid- to late-life. From a total of 2200 community-dwelling individuals we recruited 377 aged 44 to 82 years (median: 64 years, 17...

Compliance and blood pressure control.

Compliance with medical therapy in general is often low, and compliance with blood pressure treatment is no better. Numerous studies have shown that patients frequently drop out of treatment for hypertension. Furthermore, even when patients stay in treatment, they often take their medications in a way quite dissimilar from that prescribed. Identifying noncompliant patients is important but not ...

Gender and blood pressure control.