Impact of Yoga on Blood Pressure, Quality of Life and Stress in Patients With Hypertension - A Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial in Primary Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- Region Skane
- 入组人数
- 190
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Hypertension
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a short yoga program practiced daily at home on blood pressure, quality of Life and stress. The subjects of the study are primary health care patients diagnosed with hypertension, with or without current medication.
详细描述
Hypertension is one of the most common diseases in the world, affecting approximately 26% of the adult population. Persistent hypertension increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure. Hypertension is a common diagnosis in primary health care and the societal costs of examination and treatment of hypertension and its consequences are considerable.
The YHIP-study (The Impact of Yoga on Blood Pressure and Quality of Life in Patients With Hypertension), that investigated yoga as additional treatment for hypertension on primary care patients, showed that a short yoga program practiced daily at home had a blood pressure lowering effect as well as a positive effect on self-rated quality of life compared to control.
Other previous studies have demonstrated positive effects of yoga on blood pressure, quality of life, subjective well-being and stress. However, these studies are relatively few and we need to further investigate the possibility of using yoga as a treatment in primary health care.
If the yoga intervention shows to be effective, yoga exercises may be useful as a supplementary BP therapy in addition to medical treatment when prescribed by primary care physicians. It is to be hoped that patients will also experience a higher quality of life and less stress if they perform yoga on a regular basis.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 30 Years 至 80 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •30-80 years old
- •Diagnosed with hypertension since at least one year
- •Blood pressure 130-160 mm Hg systolic and/or 85-100 diastolic at the last blood pressure control by doctor or nurse.
- •Blood pressure within inclusion- and exclusion-limits at baseline control
排除标准
- •Blood pressure outside the range of 120-180 systolic and 80-110 diastolic at the last blood pressure control or at baseline control.
- •Medical adjustments regarding hypertension within 4 weeks prior to begin of study.
- •Expected inability to understand instructions about yoga exercises (e.g dementia and mental retardation) or physical or psychical inability to carry out yoga exercises (e.g severe physical or psychical handicap).
- •Need for interpreter. Linguistic/language difficulties
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
No changes will be made for the participants in the control group, but they will undergo the same measurements and evaluations as the intervention group.
yoga
Two yoga exercises to perform at home 15 minutes twice daily.
干预措施: Yoga (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Hypertension
时间窗: 12 weeks
At the beginning of the study, all subjects will undergo a standardized blood pressure test with an hypertension monitor. After 12 weeks, all subjects in the intervention and control groups will again be requested to attend a blood pressure testing session
次要结局
- Quality of life(12 weeks)