00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685523046125428646 Buklod 20230503092606.0 a r |||| u| ta 071031s xx d r |||| u| UPM-Nursing LG 995 2000 N8 D45 Dela Cruz, Remigio G. Jr. Guided imagery and physiologic responses of selected hospitalized hypertensive patients Remigio G. dela Cruz, Jr. 141 leaves. Thesis (Master of Arts in Nursing)--University of the Philippines Manila. Current treatment modalities have thus so far been limited in managing the steady rise in the number of hypertension and hypertension-related deaths in the Philippines. Several factors can be attributed to this limitation. Still the need to control hypertension cannot be overemphasized since it has been shown to be a major risk factor in the development of certain cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, coronary artery disease, and heart failure. Attempts have been made by clinicians and researchers to find alternative therapies that would be used either alone or in combination with existing antihypertensive medications to improve the health and wellbeing of hypertensive patients. One group that is currently being investigated for its potential benefits is Biobehavioral Interventions. Both have the same mean number of years of schooling (x=9.06 yrs.) with very little difference in variation (control, SD=4.28 yrs.; study, 5.25 yrs.). Subjects in the control group are evenly distributed in the three (3) education categories. While majority of the subjects in the study group had clumped together under elementary (43.75 Hypertensive patients. Hypertension. UPMNL NURS LG 995 2000 N8 D45 Book