The aim of the study was to find out whether early blood pressure (TK)
values in patients with fixed and medically treated
hypertension correlated with sleep quality during the previous night,
and that treatment with rilmenidine affects not only TK but
also improves sleep quality by reducing sympathetic activity. In a
previous study, 1216 patients with hypertension and metabolic
syndrome found that up to 59% of them reported improvement in sleep
during treatment with rilmenidine. We investigated 993
patients with essential hypertension who failed to reach TK target
values despite 79% and 79% had abdominal obesity. Treatment
with rilmenidine was added to the existing treatment. The study lasted
for 3 months. At the beginning and end of the study,
anthropometric and basic biochemical examinations, repeated heart rate
and heart rate measurements over a 10-minute interval,
and an assessment of sleep quality according to the Athens Insomnia
Scale questionnaire were performed in outpatient clinics.
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