Trial reportJournal of human hypertension2019
Benefits of mindfulness meditation in reducing blood pressure and stress in patients with arterial hypertension.
Trial report in Journal of human hypertension, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04854265 (Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Blood Pressure Among Young Hypertensive Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Blood Pressure Among Young Hypertensive Adults
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Spiritually Based Interventions for High Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of religion and health · 2024Pooled it
- Meditation for perioperative pain and anxiety: A systematic review.Brain and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Meditation for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of mindfulness-based interventions on people with prehypertension or hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of mindfulness-based stress reduction for arterial hypertension.Journal of human hypertension · 2023Pooled it
- Short-term efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions for global population with elevated blood pressure: A network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Effective for People with Hypertension? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 30 Years of Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Influence of Mindfulness and Relaxation on Treatment of Essential Hypertension: Meta-Analysis.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2021Pooled it
- Psychological mechanisms of prenatal mindfulness training on antenatal blood pressure reduction: A pilot study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Trial
- A Remote Time-Restricted Eating and Mindfulness Intervention Addressing Risk Factors Associated with Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Demonstrates Feasibility and Acceptability among Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Nutrition and cancer · 2025Trial
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- The effect of pursed-lip breathing combined with number counting on blood pressure and heart rate in hypertensive urgency patients: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2021Trial
- Yoga as a form of leisure-time physical activity and pregnancy health outcomes.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on patients with nocturnal hypertension: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Clinical hypertension · 2026Article
- Stress, Anxiety, and Self-Efficacy in Hypertension: Evidence from a Romanian Case-Control Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- [A cross-sectional study on healthy lifestyle and the risk of anxiety and depression among adults undergoing health examinations].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Article
- Identifying Common Patterns in the Time of Day of Mindfulness Meditation Associated with Long-Term Maintenance.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Designing a meditation module to affect etiological and preventive factors in primary hypertensive patients-A pilot study.Physiological reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
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 < 0.05) and 108/65 mmHg vs 114/69 mmHg (p < 0.05) for 24-h and night-time systolic BP (SBP), respectively) and also had lower clinically measured SBP values (130 mmHg vs 133 mmHg; p = 0.02). At week 20 (follow-up), means were lower in the intervention group (although not statistically significant). Improvements were observed in the intervention group in terms of being less judgemental, more accepting and less depressed. In conclusion, by week 8 the mindfulness group had lower clinically measured SBP, 24-h SBP, at-rest SBP and diastolic BP values.
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