In the intervention group, the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure after the intervention was 142.4 ± 16.9 mmHg and 78.9 ± 11.8 mmHg, respectively, lower than the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures. The mean before intervention was 156.9 ± 9.5 mmHg and 82.6 ± 11.0 mmHg, the difference was statistically significant with p<0.05.