JOINT USSR-USA BEHAVIORAL HYPERTENSION TREATMENT STUDY

本研究将在两个研究中心联合进行：位于奥尔巴尼的SUNY-奥尔巴尼， 纽约，和苏联心脏病研究中心在莫斯科，苏联。 在每个站点 30例轻度高血压男性患者将被随机分配接受 (1)温度生物反馈，美国程序，或（2）自体 训练，苏联程序，或（3）练习放松的指导 定期自己。 相同的预处理、后处理和 将在每个研究中心进行随访（超过12个月）评估 利用心理和生理测试以及物理测试， 考试 因此，这项研究将寻求了解行为治疗是否 治疗高血压的药物可以从苏联出口到美国 且反之亦然。 在更基本的层面上，本研究将力求了解， 非药物治疗可以用来代替药物治疗， 高血压 本研究的次要目的包括对照评价 温度生物反馈作为轻度高血压的治疗， 美国网站，可能确定的生化机制， 行为治疗导致的血压变化。

This study will be jointly conducted at two sites: SUNY-Albany in Albany, NY, and the USSR Cardiology Research Center in Moscow, USSR. At each site 30 males with mild hypertension will be randomly assigned to receive either (1) Temperature Biofeedback, an American procedure, or (2) Autogenic Training, a Soviet procedure, or (3) instructions to practice relaxation regularly on their own. Identical Pre-Treatment, Post-Treatment and Follow-Up (over 12 months) assessments will be conducted at each site utilizing psychological and physiological testing as well as physical examinations. The study will thus seek to learn if behavioral treatments for hypertension can be exported across cultures, from the USSR to the USA and vice versa. At a more basic level, the study will seek to learn if non-pharmacological therapies can be used in place of drug therapy for mild hypertension. Secondary purposes of the study include the controlled evaluation of temperature biofeedback as a treatment for mild hypertension and, at the American site, possible identification of biochemical mechanisms underlying changes in blood pressure resulting from behavioral treatments.