Journal article
Behavioral and physiological effects of a beta blocker and relaxation therapy on mild hypertensives.
Abstract
In this industrial-based study we compared the blood pressure (BP)-lowering effectiveness of relaxation, a beta blocker, and the combined use of these two treatments in 47 untreated, mildly hypertensive blue collar steel workers. Using a randomized two by two factorial design, patients received either nadolol or placebo drug daily, and either a relaxation training or an education program, each lasting 8 weeks. A pre-intervention and …
Authors
Adsett CA; Bellissimo A; Mitchell A; Wilczynski N; Haynes RB
Journal
Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 523–536
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 1989
DOI
10.1097/00006842-198909000-00004
ISSN
2998-8748