高血压病患者生活方式的健康教育及护理干预.pdfVIP

高血压病患者生活方式的健康教育及护理干

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Abstract

Hypertensionisachronicnon-communicabledisease

characterizedbyhighbloodpressure.Itisamajorrisk

factorforcardiovasculardiseases,stroke,andkidney

failure.Hypertensionhasanincrediblyhighprevalence

worldwide,withanincreasingtrendindevelopingcountries.

Thelifestyleofhypertensivepatientsplaysacriticalrole

inthepreventionandmanagementofhypertension.Health

educationandnursinginterventionsareessentialstrategies

thatcanhelphypertensivepatientstoimprovetheir

lifestyleandachievebetterbloodpressurecontrol.This

paperdiscussesthehealtheducationandnursing

interventionsthathavebeenusedtomanagehypertensionin

variouscountriesworldwide.

Introduction

Hypertension,alsoknownashighbloodpressure,isa

chronicnon-communicablediseaseaffectingmillionsofpeople

worldwide.AccordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO),

hypertensionisdefinedasasystolicbloodpressureof140

mmHgorhigher,and/oradiastolicbloodpressureof90mmHg

orhigher.Hypertensionisasignificantriskfactorfor

cardiovasculardiseases,stroke,chronickidneydisease,and

othercomplications(1).

Globalprevalenceofhypertensionisrisingrapidly,and

itisestimatedthatapproximatelyonebillionpeople

worldwidehavehypertension.Moreover,hypertensionis

responsibleforabout9.4milliondeathsannuallyworldwide,

makingitoneoftheleadingcausesofdeathglobally(2,3).

Lifestyleinterventionsconstitutethefirst-line

managementofhypertension.Appropriatelifestylechangescan

lowerbloodpressure(BP)andreducetheneedformedication.

Healtheducationandnursinginterventionsplayan

essentialroleinthemanagementandpreventionof

hypertension.Therefore,thispaperaimstoreviewhealth

educationandnursinginterventionsthatareeffective