Randomized Controlled Trial of Lifestyle Walking for African American Women: Blood Pressure Outcomes
| Autor: | Susan W. Buchholz, Arlene Michaels Miller, Lynne T. Braun, Louis Fogg, Shannon Halloway, Michael Schoeny, JoEllen Wilbur |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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African american
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| Zdroj: | American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 13:508-515 |
| ISSN: | 1559-8284 1559-8276 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to test the effects of a lifestyle physical activity intervention (group meetings alone vs supplemented by personal or automated calls) on changes in systolic/diastolic blood pressures from baseline to 24 and 48 weeks among African American women. This was a randomized controlled trial with intervention conditions randomly assigned across 6 community health care sites. Participants were 288 sedentary African American women without major signs/symptoms of cardiovascular disease. Each intervention had 6 group meetings over 48 weeks, with 1 of 3 options between meetings: (1) no calls, (2) personal motivational calls, or (3) automated motivational calls. Blood pressures were taken at baseline, 24 weeks, and 48 weeks. Separate analyses were conducted using blood pressure classifications from the 2003 and 2017 high blood pressure guidelines. Average blood pressures decreased approximately 3 mm Hg for systolic and 2 mm Hg for diastolic from baseline to 48 weeks, with no differences between conditions. For both 2003 and 2017 blood pressure classifications, the risk ratio (odds of moving to a lower classification) was 1.44 for each assessment (P < .001). This lifestyle walking intervention appears beneficial in lowering blood pressure across blood pressure classifications in midlife African American women. |
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