Abstract: ObjectiveTo explore the action of the psychointervension for older hypertensives in community.Methods50 older hypertensives were divided into the experimental group and the control group (with 25 cases in each group),the former received psychointervension combined body therapy and the later only received body therapy. A half of a year experiment period was made. Differences between two groups in blood pressure and SCL-90 before and after the experiment were compared and evaluated.ResultsThe mentation of older hypertensives is worse than the normal. There are distinct differences between two groups in the improvement of mentation and the stability of blood pressure (P<0.01). Conclusions It is an active effect to strengthen psychointervension for therapy of older hypertensives in community.

Key words: older hypertension, community, psychointervention