Social Care Center for the Elderly, Mecca 12840, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Jun 18;59(6):1171. doi: 10.3390/medicina59061171.
: The effect of non-pharmacological aerobic exercise training on blood pressure in sedentary older individuals receiving social home care in Saudi Arabia has not been investigated. This study aimed to examine the effects of aerobic exercise on blood pressure in sedentary older Saudis with hypertension residing in these settings. : A pilot randomized control trial was conducted with 27 sedentary individuals, aged 60-85, diagnosed with hypertension, and living in social home care in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Recruitment took place between November 2020 and January 2021, and participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. The experimental group engaged in three 45 min sessions of low-to-moderate intensity aerobic activity per week for eight weeks. This trail was registered with the ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN50726324). : Following eight weeks of mild to moderate aerobic exercise training, the primary outcome of resting blood pressure showed a significant reduction in the experimental group (systolic blood pressure: mean difference [MD] = 2.91 mmHg, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.61, 4.21, = 0.001; and diastolic blood pressure: MD = 1.33 mmHg, 95% CI = 1.16, 1.50, = 0.001) compared to the control group. Within the experimental group, there was also a significant decrease in systolic blood pressure (MD = -2.75 mmHg, 95% CI = -7.73, 2.22, = 0.005) and diastolic blood pressure (MD = -0.83 mmHg, 95% CI = -5.81, 4.14, = 0.02). : This trial demonstrates the feasibility and potential benefits of low-to-moderate intensity aerobic exercise training in reducing resting blood pressure among sedentary older Saudis with hypertension residing in this aged care setting.
：在沙特阿拉伯，接受社会家庭护理的久坐老年人中，非药物性有氧运动训练对血压的影响尚未得到研究。本研究旨在探讨有氧运动对居住在这些环境中的久坐、高血压的沙特老年人血压的影响。：进行了一项随机对照试验，共纳入 27 名年龄在 60-85 岁之间、被诊断患有高血压且居住在沙特麦加社会家庭护理中的久坐老年人。招募工作于 2020 年 11 月至 2021 年 1 月进行，参与者被随机分配到实验组或对照组。实验组每周进行三次 45 分钟的低到中等强度有氧运动，共八周。这项试验在 ISRCTN 登记处（ISRCTN50726324）进行了登记。：经过八周的轻度到中度有氧运动训练，主要结局——静息血压显示实验组收缩压显著降低（平均差异[MD] = 2.91mmHg，95%置信区间[CI] = 1.61，4.21， = 0.001；舒张压：MD = 1.33mmHg，95% CI = 1.16，1.50， = 0.001），与对照组相比。在实验组中，收缩压（MD = -2.75mmHg，95% CI = -7.73，2.22， = 0.005）和舒张压（MD = -0.83mmHg，95% CI = -5.81，4.14， = 0.02）也显著降低。：这项试验表明，低到中等强度的有氧运动训练在减少居住在这种老年护理环境中的久坐、高血压的沙特老年人静息血压方面是可行的，并且可能有益。
