Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine care strategies in the Management of hypertension in the elderly: A Meta-Analysis Study

Abstract

This study analyses, evaluates and summarizes the characteristics and effects of combined Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine (WC) care strategies in the management of hypertension among elderly patients. Included in this study were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of hypertensive patients aged 60 years and older, and these RCTs mainly combined a variety of integrated Chinese and Western medicine care strategies, such as pharmacological treatments, lifestyle interventions and their Chinese medicine therapies. These studies focused on key health indicators such as blood pressure control, improvement in quality of life, reduction in complication rate, and improvement in patient satisfaction. From the results, it can be seen that the combined Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine care strategies have a more obvious positive effect in improving the quality of life in terms of treatment effectiveness, patient satisfaction, and improvement of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Traditional Chinese Medicine Care strategies always include Chinese medicine dietary care, Chinese medicine massage care, and instruction in Taijiquan, anti-hypertensive exercises, Qigong and other exercise methods and so on. And Western medicine care strategies are always include to give health teaching on monitoring blood pressure and diet and exercise and so on. Although the data is a little less in terms of complication rate, it also shows a positive impact. And there was no significant publication bias in the studies included in this meta-analysis, but overall This study highlights the potential of integrated Chinese and Western medicine care as an effective management strategy for elderly patients with hypertension, while pointing to the need for more high-quality studies to further validate these results and explore best practices and clinical applications.