Hypertension: A Behavioral Medicine Perspective

Empowerment in the self-management of hypertension: challenges from the perspective of Iranian elderly patients

 Uncontrolled hypertension in the elderly causes various diseases and disability. This study was aimed to explore the challenges in self-management empowerment from the perspective of Iranian elderly patients with hypertension. Using exploratory descriptive approach, on 30 hypertension patients in Bushehr by purposive and convenience sampling method. First, qualitative data were collected throu...

Smartphone Overuse from Iranian University Students’ Perspective: A Qualitative Study

Traditional Persian Medicine for the Management of Hypertension

Hypertension is a major risk factor for the cardiovascular diseases. One of the factors contributing to blood pressure is peripheral vascular resistance. Vascular stiffness plays a key role in developing the hypertension, leading to increased systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure. from Avicenna s perspective, the blood pressure caused by 1- Increased blood volume 2- Warm heart dystemperame...

Effect of an Intervention Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior on Self-Care Behavior of Patients With Hypertension: A Clinical Trial

Background: Hypertension is an important health problem and one of the most important causes of disability and mortality.  Objective This study aims to evaluate the effect of an educational program based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) on self-care behaviors in hypertensive patients. Materials and Methods: This is a clinical trial conducted on 180 patients with hypertension referred t...

Special series on "The meaning of behavioral medicine in the psychosomatic field" establishment of a core curriculum for behavioral science in Japan: The importance of such a curriculum from the perspective of psychology.

This article discusses the core curriculum for behavioral science, from the perspective of psychology, recommended by the Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine and seeks to explain how the curriculum can be effectively implemented in medical and health-related departments. First, the content of the core curriculum is reviewed from the perspective of psychology. We show that the curriculum fea...