AFOBAZOLE EFFECTIVENESS IN THE COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

Abstract

Aim.To study the potential increase in the treatment effectiveness due to accounting for psychological and emotional status features of patients with arterial hypertension (AH). Material and methods. Psychological status features were assessed in 300 patients with essential AH, aged 35 years and older, who attended the Moscow City Polyclinics No. 9. The main group (n=264) was administered antihypertensive therapy and Afobazole (30 mg/d), while the control group (n=36) received only antihypertensive therapy. The number of ambulance calls and the regularity of antihypertensive pharmacological therapy over the last 3 years were assessed. The Spielberger-Khanin and Strelau scales were used for the questionnaire-based assessment of psychological and emotional status. All participants underwent Holter blood pressure (BP) monitoring at baseline and 6 and 18 months after the start of the treatment.Results. Our variant of antihypertensive therapy was clinically effective and associated with normalised BP parameters, decreased levels of state and trait anxiety, and reduced number of hospital admissions due to the main disease and comorbidities.Conclusion. Adding Afobazole to the long-term complex treatment of AH patients facilitates stable positive dynamics of BP parameters, normalisation of psychological characteristics, increased duration (up to 6-12 months) of clinical stability periods, and a halved number of hospital readmissions over the following 1,5 years.

Keywords

• arterial hypertension
• psychological features
• treatment
• afobazole