Biofeedback‐assisted relaxation training for essential hypertension: Who is most likely to benefit?

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-205

  Yucha, Carolyn B ^a   Tsai, Pei Shan ^b   Calderon, Kristine S ^c   Tian, Lili ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Relaxation training

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20644470314     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200505000-00012     Document Type: Article

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