Benefits of mindfulness meditation in reducing blood pressure and stress in patients with arterial hypertension

Autor: David Filella-Agullo, Paola Helena Ponte Márquez, Montserrat Ruiz-Herrerias, Joaquím Soler-Ribaudi, María José Solé-Villa, Albert Feliu-Soler, Juan Antonio Arroyo-Díaz, Laia Matas-Pericas, Alex Roca-Cusachs Coll
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Human Hypertension. 33:237-247
ISSN: 1476-5527
0950-9240
DOI: 10.1038/s41371-018-0130-6
Popis: The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the benefits of mindfulness meditation in controlling ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and the impact of the intervention on anxiety, stress and depression levels in a Mediterranean population. Twenty-four and 18 patients [n = 42; mean age 56.5 (7.7) years; similar men and women proportions] with high-normal BP or grade I hypertension were enrolled to an intervention and a control group, respectively. For 2 h/week over 8 weeks, the intervention group received mindfulness training and the control group attended health education talks. The patients attended pre-intervention, week 4, week 8 and week 20 follow-up visits. 61.9% of the patients had anxiety, 21.4% depression, 19.0% were smokers and 14.2% were diabetic (no significant differences between the 2 groups). At baseline, the intervention group had non-significant higher clinically measured BP values, whereas both groups had similar ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) values. At week 8, the intervention group had statistically significant lower ABPM scores than the control group (124/77 mmHg vs 126/80 mmHg (p
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