Abstract:Background: Psychosocial, occupational and economic stress can contribute to development of hypertension and subsequent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Reduction of stress in addition to usual medical care can improve clinical outcome in essential hypertensive patients. Objectives: To assess the effect of stress coping techniques training sessions for uncontrolled essential hypertensive patients on reducing their self-reported perceived stress. Methodology: A single blinded randomized clinical controll… Show more
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