Effect of stress reduction on blood pressure
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Essential hypertension.Essential (primary) hypertension
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017103137145N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosis of essential hypertension with uncontrolled hypertension despite the treatment according to a cardiologist evaluation; Age between 30 and 60 years; Consent to participate in the research based on the written informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria: Secondary blood pressure; Having major depressive disorder; Generalized anxiety disorder; Panic disorder and Post traumatic stress disorder during 1 year ago; Receiving Mindfulness or cognitive-behavioral therapy by a psychologist or psychiatrist in the past.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Blood pressure. Timepoint: before and after of intervention. Method of measurement: Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM).;Stress oxidative. Timepoint: before and after of intervention. Method of measurement: proxidane and antioxidants balance (PAB).;Interleukin 6. Timepoint: before and after of intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA method using the Biovendor Germany IL-6 kit.;Anxiety. Timepoint: before and after of intervention. Method of measurement: Beck Anxiety Inventory.;Quality of life. Timepoint: before and after of intervention. Method of measurement: The World Health Organizetion Quality of Life Instrument – short form (WHOQOL-BREF).;Perceived stress. Timepoint: before and after of intervention. Method of measurement: perceived stress scale (PSS) cohen.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method