The research on the effect of behavior therapy and sport training to the aged hypertension

Objective: Study on the effect of behavior therapy and sport training for aged hypertension. Methods: 80 cases in stageⅠorⅡaged hypertension were treated with behavior therapy and sport training for 4 weeks. Self-Rating Anxiety Scale （SAS）, Self-Rating Depression Scale （SDS）, Type A Behavior Scale and blood pressure assessed the clinical effects. Results: Both systolic blood pressure （SBP） and diastolic blood pressure （DBP） came out to be considerably lower than the pre-treatment （P＜0.001）. SAS significant descends （P＜0.01） and SDS descends obviously（P＜0.05） after treatment. Type A behavior significant descends, TH, CH and the summation scores have all come out be considerably lower than before the treatment. Conclusion: The result of the behavior therapy and sport training for aged hypertension, such as the reduction of blood pressure, alleviation to depression and anxiety as well as Type A behavior’s improvement, Show the therapy effectiveness on psychological improvement and short-term blood pressure reduction, which proves the therapy’s feasibility to become a comprehensive treatment to the aged hypertension