The Impact of Yoga on Blood Pressure and Quality of Life in Patients With Hypertension - a Randomised Controlled Trial in Primary Health Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- Region Skane
- 入组人数
- 83
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Hypertension
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of yoga on blood pressure and quality of life in patients in primary health care diagnosed with hypertension within the last year. Another purpose is to examine whether the possible effect on blood pressure differs if patients practice yoga in a group lead by a yoga-trainer or receive a few yoga-exercises from their doctor to be practiced individually at home.
详细描述
Hypertension is one of the most common diseases in the industrialized world. In Sweden alone approximately 1.8 million persons, 25% of the adult population, have hypertension. Hypertension is a common diagnosis in primary health care and the costs of investigating and treating hypertension and its consequences are considerable. We know that stress can affect blood pressure, but it is hard to measure and control.
Previous studies have separately shown that yoga can reduce levels of cortisol in saliva and lower blood pressure. However, few studies have investigated the effects of yoga on hypertension and we lack information about the possibility of using yoga in primary health care to reduce hypertension.
If yoga can be used to complement antihypertensive medicines, it could reduce medicine intake and thereby possibly reduce side effects and lower medicine costs. It is to be hoped that patients will also experience a higher quality of life 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
- — 至 80 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Diagnosed with hypertension since at least one year.
- •Blood pressure 120/80-160/100 mmHg at the last blood pressure control by doctor or nurse.
排除标准
- •Blood pressure >180 systolic and/or >110 diastolic by the initial control in the study.
- •Blood pressure <120 systolic by the initial control in the study.
- •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
- •Older than 80 years
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. Blood samples will also be collected and analysed in the beginning and at the end of the study. Some blood samples will be preserved for future analysis.
次要结局
- Quality of life(12 weeks)