EFFECT OF MEDITATION ON ADRENALINE, NOREPINEPHRINE AND BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL OF ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN COMMUNITY

Xiao Shuwen¹, Liu Rong², Song Jian^1*

¹Jingzhou Vocational and Technical College, Jingzhou, China - ² Jingzhou Central Hospital, Jingzhou, China

Objective: To explore the effect of meditation on adrenaline, norepinephrine, and blood pressure control of elderly hypertensive patients in the community. 

Methods: The clinical data of elderly hypertensive patients treated in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively. From October 2017 to October 2018, 94 patients were selected as experimental subjects. All patients' information was entered in an Excel table. The patients were all numbered and divided into two groups (47 cases in each group) according to the odd and even numbers. Among them, 47 patients with odd numbers received routine nursing, while 47 patients with even numbers received meditation intervention as observation group. 

Results: Before intervention, there was no significant difference in negative emotion, hormone level and blood pressure level between the two groups (P>0.05). After intervention, the negative emotion score, hormone level and blood pressure level in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The living quality scores in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). 

Conclusion: Meditation intervention for elderly hypertensive patients in the community could obviously relieve their negative emotions, reduce their levels of adrenaline and norepinephrine, improve the effect of blood pressure control and improve their living quality.