Lifestyle Modifications for Patients with Prehypertension or Hypertension Include

question 4

Multiple Choice

Lifestyle modifications for patients with prehypertension or hypertension include:

• A) Diet and increase exercise to achieve a BMI greater than 25.
• B) Drink 4 ounces of red wine at least once per week.
• C) Adopt the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet.
• D) Increase potassium intake.

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Definitions:

Signal Detection

A technique used to identify the presence or absence of a stimulus amidst background noise.

Feature Detection

The process by which the brain identifies specific elements or patterns, such as lines or edges, in a visual stimulus.

Perceptual Set

A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another, influenced by expectations, emotions, culture, and past experiences.

Top-Down Processing

Top-down processing is a cognitive process in which our expectations or previous knowledge guide the interpretation of sensory information.