TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Stress Management Training and Dietary Changes in Treating Ischemic Heart Disease
AU - Ornish, Dean
AU - Scherwitz, Larry W.
AU - Doody, Rachelle S.
AU - Kesten, Deborah
AU - McLanahan, Sandra M.
AU - Brown, Shirley E.
AU - Depuey, E. Gordon
AU - Sonnemaker, Robert
AU - Haynes, Cathie
AU - Lester, Jerry
AU - McAllister, Gay K.
AU - Hall, Robert J.
AU - Burdine, John A.
AU - Gotto, Antonio
PY - 1983/1/7
Y1 - 1983/1/7
N2 - To evaluate the short-term effects of an intervention that consists of stress management training and dietary changes in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), we compared the cardiovascular status of 23 patients who received this intervention with a randomized control group of 23 patients who did not. After 24 days, patients in the experimental group demonstrated a 44% mean increase in duration of exercise, a 55% mean increase in total work performed, somewhat improved left ventricular regional wall motion during peak exercise, and a net change in the left ventricular ejection fraction from rest to maximum exercise of +6.4%. Also, we measured a 20.5% mean decrease in plasma cholesterol levels and a 91.0% mean reduction in frequency of anginal episodes. In this selected sample, short-term improvements in cardiovascular status seem to result from these adjuncts to conventional treatments of IHD.
AB - To evaluate the short-term effects of an intervention that consists of stress management training and dietary changes in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), we compared the cardiovascular status of 23 patients who received this intervention with a randomized control group of 23 patients who did not. After 24 days, patients in the experimental group demonstrated a 44% mean increase in duration of exercise, a 55% mean increase in total work performed, somewhat improved left ventricular regional wall motion during peak exercise, and a net change in the left ventricular ejection fraction from rest to maximum exercise of +6.4%. Also, we measured a 20.5% mean decrease in plasma cholesterol levels and a 91.0% mean reduction in frequency of anginal episodes. In this selected sample, short-term improvements in cardiovascular status seem to result from these adjuncts to conventional treatments of IHD.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1983.03330250034024
DO - 10.1001/jama.1983.03330250034024
M3 - Article
C2 - 6336794
AN - SCOPUS:84944967550
VL - 249
SP - 54
EP - 59
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
SN - 0098-7484
IS - 1
ER -