High blood pressure is called the main factor of the emergence of heart disease or cardiovascular disease, which is one of the deadly silent diseases, or silent killer because it does not cause symptoms.
Plural research suggests exercising regularly to avoid deadly risk.
In addition to sports, The American Hearth Association adds lifestyle changes can also help reduce risk. Starting from eating healthy foods, limiting alcohol, managing stress, keeping your weight healthy, and stop smoking.
Related to that, Erica Spatz who is an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, is interested in knowing how people behave to handle the risk of high blood pressure by taking into account perceived comfort.
The results were presented at the 2018 American Heart Association meeting in Arlington, Virginia, a premier global exchange of recent advances in the quality of care and research results in cardiovascular and stroke diseases for researchers, health professionals and policymakers.
On the occasion, Spatz said people tend to choose a cup of tea every day or pills rather than exercise as an alternative treatment to control high blood pressure.
The conclusion was obtained after a survey of about 1,500 US citizens who are mostly women, aged under 45 years, and on average have a history of high blood pressure.
All participants were asked to imagine having chronic high blood pressure and selecting one of four treatment options that could help to reduce the risk and increase the life span from one month, one year, or five years.
Four available treatment options are regularly drinking tea, exercising, taking medication, or being given an injection every month or a year twice.
Reported by Science Daily, Sunday (8/4/2018), the survey results show most respondents prefer to consume tablets or drink tea every day and do not want to consider interventions (efforts to improve health) of other alternatives, although it can extend the life of one to five years. Participants tend to say they will move on to other options if the benefits are greater.
Of each alternative treatment options, the results vary.
1. Alternatives to taking pills or tablets every day
As many as 79 percent of respondents were willing to take pills to add one month of their age, 90 percent of respondents chose to add one year of age, and 96 percent chose a pill to add five years of age.
2. Alternatives to drinking a cup of healthy tea every day
A total of 78 percent of the response chose tea to add one month of age, 91 percent for one year of life, and 96 percent for an additional five years of life.
3. Alternative exercise routine
Only 63 percent of people who want to exercise regularly to add one month of age, 84 percent to add one year of life, and 93 percent who want to exercise every day to get an additional five years of age.
4. Alternative injection
Alternative injections every six months seems to be the least preferred choice of respondents. There are 68 percent of respondents who want to be injected to get an extra month, 85 percent want to do it for an extra year of life, and 93 percent willing if they get five years of life.
However, only half (51 percent) are willing to be injected monthly for one month of life, 74 percent for an additional year, and 88 percent if they get five extra years of life.
"Our findings suggest people naturally assign different weights to plus minus interventions to improve cardiovascular health," Spatz said.
"I believe this framework can be involved when we talk about treatment options for controlling blood pressure with patients We often discuss the side effects, but it is very rare to find out whether the patient is comfortable and unencumbered.This feeling can basically affect the patient's willingness to drink medicine for life or exercise regularly, "he added.
The limitation of this study is to hold relatively young respondents, whereas cardiovascular disease is more common to older people. Very likely there is a difference of opinion with the older person. In addition, respondents were not informed of the ability to extend the actual life of any intervention.
Plural research suggests exercising regularly to avoid deadly risk.
In addition to sports, The American Hearth Association adds lifestyle changes can also help reduce risk. Starting from eating healthy foods, limiting alcohol, managing stress, keeping your weight healthy, and stop smoking.
Related to that, Erica Spatz who is an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, is interested in knowing how people behave to handle the risk of high blood pressure by taking into account perceived comfort.
The results were presented at the 2018 American Heart Association meeting in Arlington, Virginia, a premier global exchange of recent advances in the quality of care and research results in cardiovascular and stroke diseases for researchers, health professionals and policymakers.
On the occasion, Spatz said people tend to choose a cup of tea every day or pills rather than exercise as an alternative treatment to control high blood pressure.
The conclusion was obtained after a survey of about 1,500 US citizens who are mostly women, aged under 45 years, and on average have a history of high blood pressure.
All participants were asked to imagine having chronic high blood pressure and selecting one of four treatment options that could help to reduce the risk and increase the life span from one month, one year, or five years.
Four available treatment options are regularly drinking tea, exercising, taking medication, or being given an injection every month or a year twice.
Reported by Science Daily, Sunday (8/4/2018), the survey results show most respondents prefer to consume tablets or drink tea every day and do not want to consider interventions (efforts to improve health) of other alternatives, although it can extend the life of one to five years. Participants tend to say they will move on to other options if the benefits are greater.
Of each alternative treatment options, the results vary.
1. Alternatives to taking pills or tablets every day
As many as 79 percent of respondents were willing to take pills to add one month of their age, 90 percent of respondents chose to add one year of age, and 96 percent chose a pill to add five years of age.
2. Alternatives to drinking a cup of healthy tea every day
A total of 78 percent of the response chose tea to add one month of age, 91 percent for one year of life, and 96 percent for an additional five years of life.
3. Alternative exercise routine
Only 63 percent of people who want to exercise regularly to add one month of age, 84 percent to add one year of life, and 93 percent who want to exercise every day to get an additional five years of age.
4. Alternative injection
Alternative injections every six months seems to be the least preferred choice of respondents. There are 68 percent of respondents who want to be injected to get an extra month, 85 percent want to do it for an extra year of life, and 93 percent willing if they get five years of life.
However, only half (51 percent) are willing to be injected monthly for one month of life, 74 percent for an additional year, and 88 percent if they get five extra years of life.
"Our findings suggest people naturally assign different weights to plus minus interventions to improve cardiovascular health," Spatz said.
"I believe this framework can be involved when we talk about treatment options for controlling blood pressure with patients We often discuss the side effects, but it is very rare to find out whether the patient is comfortable and unencumbered.This feeling can basically affect the patient's willingness to drink medicine for life or exercise regularly, "he added.
The limitation of this study is to hold relatively young respondents, whereas cardiovascular disease is more common to older people. Very likely there is a difference of opinion with the older person. In addition, respondents were not informed of the ability to extend the actual life of any intervention.
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