Group therapy is an effective and cost-efficient way to promote cardiovascular health

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/cndi-gti110515.php

Public Release: 9-Nov-2015
Group therapy is an effective and cost-efficient way to promote cardiovascular health
A health-care intervention based on group-therapy achieves an overall improvement in cardiovascular risk factors. The intervention, based on mutual support among participants, is especially successful in helping participants to stop smoking
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares

A simple support-group intervention program aimed at promoting general health, similar to the group-therapy activities of Alcoholics Anonymous, yields significant improvements in the control of the 5 most important cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, exercise, weight, diet, and tobacco smoking); the improvement was especially clear for stopping smoking.

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