Abstract: Objective: To improve the health outcomes in hypertensives through lifestyle interventions.
Study design: Non- systematic review.
Rationale: In this study we tried to provide to review the effects of healthy lifestyle modifications on lessening blood pressure to provide family physicians with evidence based clues in their practice.
Methods and analysis: Electronic searches was performed in the Medline Library, PubMed, etc., along with manual searches in the relevant papers. that emphasize the role of the lifestyle changes to lower the high blood pressure, either through the pharmacotherapy or the healthy lifestyle modifications.
Conclusion: Blood pressure control and prevention of hypertension can be achieved by both pharmacotherapy and healthy lifestyle modifications. Lifestyle changes should be a premium approach to control hypertension through dietary interventions (reducing salt, increasing potassium, alcohol avoidance, and multifactorial diet control), weight reduction, smoking cessation, physical exercise, and stress management. Family physicians have major role in this aspect.
Keywords: Hypertension, family physician, lifestyle interventions and preventive measures.
Title: Role of Family Physician on Life Style Modifications for Improvement of Hypertension
Author: Dr. Osman, Hala Hassan
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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