If there is no evidence to suggest an underlying disease process, the general consensus is to limit diagnostic tests to those that are most significant. ... My patient had no tests to diagnose his hypertension. ... Relaxation therapy, biofeedback, and behavior modification techniques also may be used to reduce stress and lower blood pressure. ... Nursing Intervention: When counseling the patient, it must be stressed that hypertension is a chronic disease requiring long-term management. ...

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The reliability of the questionnaires were tested through test-retest reliability, achieving 90% consistency or stability in the data. ... Author used Spearman's correlation test to show the positive correlation between 2 variables, 1) Education of disease and 2) Treatment adherence. ... Using Kruskal-Wallis test, authors showed the statistical significance of diet, and medication adherence, while non-significance of physical activity. ... Cardiovascular disease does not only stress upon society of its toll but incurs financial burden globally. ...

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Some people show no sign of allergy in skin tests but it has been noted that the skin is extremely responsive to the subjects state of mind. ... A serious form of arthritis that begins with an inherited susceptibility but emotional stress evidently tires the balance so that the person develops actual symptoms. ... Experimenters are enlarging the scope of endocrine research to determine under what circumstances different hormones react to stress. ... People can be trained to avoid physical disturbances that accompany the stress that leads to illness, they may learn to consciously prevent the...

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But music's existence is also being studied in the medical field as a way to reduce stress, bolster the immune system, promote social aspects, relieve pain as part of cancer palliative care, the assessment and treatment Autism Spectrum Disorder, help treat hypertension and anxiety in elderly patients, and control the metabolism (citation needed). ... Daniel Levitin, Psychologist, said "We are using music to better understand brain function in general,"(Landau, 2013) One component to this is music's effect on stress levels; calming music reduces levels of cortisol in humans and aid...

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