The Jnc Guidelines For Hypertension - 1251 Words

The goal population for this study includes adults over the age of 18, who do not have any comorbidity. Though the JNC guidelines are meant to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of healthy adults and those with chronic illness, this review will focus on adults without any chronic illnesses. This will allow for a much more concise report on how guidelines have changed within this target population alone. It will also put into perspective, how the major diagnosing criterion has changed in the last twenty years for those without any other chronic illnesses. The need for evolving guidelines has stemmed from groundbreaking research on the topic of hypertension and antihypertensive medications. In the last two decades, there has been a change†¦show more content†¦Data is collected using software that is able to compute averages, standard deviations, p-values, and confidence intervals. All of the studies used in this review provided values within a confidence interval of 95%. Thes e statistical analyses are useful in determining the effectiveness of a certain interventions, as well as organize data to find specific trends. Quantitative research is important to further support guidelines or help researchers move away from recommendations that do not work, as well as move towards recommendations that have the most amount of support. Hypertension related research could be assessed using meta-analyses and randomized control trials. A combination of both will be used for this narrative review, since all three have been useful in determining JNC guidelines. Much of the research conducted has been on different interventions that include lifestyle and pharmacological treatment that have been used to reduce blood pressure and control hypertension. JNC 6 focused its efforts on improving dietary habits to avoid developing hypertension or manage it once diagnosed. JNC 7 appears to be an intermediate of the other two guidelines. 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