Stress management in the workplace for employees with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial.
Transl Behav Med
; 8(5): 761-770, 2018 09 08.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30202927
ABSTRACT
While behavioral interventions can improve blood pressure (BP) in individuals with hypertension, getting such services to people who could benefit remains difficult. Workplace programs have potential as dissemination vehicles. The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a standardized stress management program delivered in groups at the workplace for reducing BP compared with enhanced usual care. This randomized controlled trial studied 92 urban medical center employees with hypertension randomized into two groups. The intervention was a 10-week group workshop on cognitive-behavioral coping skills. Enhanced usual care included self-help materials for BP reduction and physician referral. Intervention group participants' systolic BP (SBP) decreased 7.5 mm Hg over controls between baseline and follow-up, from 149.1 (95% CI 146.0-152.1) to 140.0 (95% CI 134.7-145.2), p < .001. The differential change between intervention and enhanced usual care groups (Group × Time interaction) was 7.5 mm Hg (t = -2.05; p = .04). Diastolic BP reductions were not significantly different. Scores on measures of emotional exhaustion and depressive rumination showed significant improvements and correlated with reductions in SBP. There was no significant change in the usual care group. A standardized worksite group intervention produced clinically meaningful reductions in SBP in participants with hypertension.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pressão Sanguínea
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Adaptação Psicológica
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Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental
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Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde
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Local de Trabalho
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Estresse Ocupacional
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Hipertensão
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Transl Behav Med
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article