Authors
Robert H Schneider, Charles N Alexander, Frank Staggers, David W Orme-Johnson, Maxwell Rainforth, John W Salerno, William Sheppard, Amparo Castillo-Richmond, Vernon A Barnes, Sanford I Nidich
Publication date
2005/1/1
Journal
American journal of hypertension
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
88-98
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background:
Psychosocial stress has been implicated in the disproportionately higher rates of hypertension among African Americans. This randomized controlled trial compared the effects of two stress reduction techniques and a health education control program on hypertension during a period of 1 year in African-American men and women (N = 150, mean age 49 ± 10 years, mean blood pressure (BP) = 142/95 mm Hg) at an urban community health center.
Methods
Interventions included 20 min twice a day of Transcendental Meditation (TM) or progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), or participation in conventional health education (HE) classes. All subjects continued usual medical care. Outcomes assessed were systolic BP and diastolic BP at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after treatment, analyzed by repeated measures ANCOVA.
Results
The TM group showed …
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