Yoga as a Supportive Therapy for Patients With Hypertension

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Behavioral: Yoga with Asana (yoga postures); Behavioral: Yoga without Asana (yoga postures)

• Registration Number: NCT02727140
• Lead Sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen

Brief Summary

The proposed study aims to investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and perceived benefit of a supportive hatha yoga intervention for patients with hypertension using antihypertensive drugs. Patients will be randomized into 3 groups comparing hatha yoga with yoga postures, breathing and relaxation techniques to a hatha yoga intervention without yoga postures (only breathing and relaxation techniques) as well as to a wait list control group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-03-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-04-01
• Study First Posted: 2016-04-04
• Study Start: 2016-05
• Primary Completion: 2017-01
• Study Completion: 2017-04
• Status Verified: 2017-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-02
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

• essential Hypertension
• stable antihypertensive medication during the next 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy or breast feeding
• simultaneous participation in further clinical intervention trials
• regular yoga practice in the past 12 months
• serious mental illness (severe depression, severe addiction, psychosis)
• manifest coronary heart disease that has been treated in the past 3 months or myocardial infarction, embolism of pulmonary arteries or stroke in the past 3 months
• heart failure ≥ state 1 New York Heart Association (NYHA)
• peripheral arterial occlusive disease ≥ state 1
• renal insufficiency > state 2, glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min/1,73m² according to he National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Yoga with Asana (yoga postures)	Yoga with Asana (yoga postures)	-
Yoga without Asana (yoga postures)	Yoga without Asana (yoga postures)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
24 h mean value of systolic and diastolic blood pressure	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health-related Quality of Life	28 weeks	Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36)
Subjective Stress	28 weeks	Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS)
24 h mean value of systolic and diastolic blood pressure	28 weeks
Emotional Distress	28 weeks	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Nutrition habits	28 weeks	Five a Day Food Frequency Questionnaire
Physical activity	28 weeks	Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire
Adverse Events	28 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte; 🇩🇪 Essen, Germany