Effect of Mental and Physical Training on Blood Pressure

NCT ID: NCT05533268

Last Updated: 2023-01-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 62 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-10-25
• Study Completion Date: 2023-01-19

Brief Summary

Elevated blood pressure or prehypertension is highly associated with increased risk of developing hypertension, cardiovascular event, and type II diabetes. Many physically inactive young adults, particularly in Malaysia have blood pressure higher than normal range, therefore it is important to control the blood pressure within normal range as prophylactic measure. This experimental research will be carried out to study the effect of physical training (aerobic exercise) and mental training (mindfulness meditation) with diet as a control group on the systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate among young adult with elevated blood pressure living a sedentary lifestyle. Participant will be divided into 2 experimental groups (mental and physical training) and 1 control group (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension -DASH diet plan) who need to complete the prescribed intervention for 6 weeks. Results will be analysed by repeated measures ANOVA followed by post-hic test.

Conditions

Elevated Blood Pressure

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Mental Training

mindfulness meditation for 6-weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mental training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Mental training (guided mindfulness meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn for 20 minutes, 3 times per week.

Physical Training

Continuous moderate-intensity training for 6-weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Physical training (continuous moderate-intensity training at 40-60% of participants' heart rate reserve for 20 minutes excluding warm-up/cool-down, 3 times per week.

Mental and Physical Training

Combination of mindfulness meditation and continuous moderate-intensity training for 6 weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mental & physical training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Mental and physical training (combination of mindfulness mediation for 20-minutes, 3 times per week and continuous moderate-intensity training for 20 minutes, 3 times per week.

DASH Diet Plan

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for 6-weeks.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

DASH diet

Intervention Type: OTHER

DASH diet ( (more vegetables, fruits and low-fat dairy foods and moderate amounts of whole grains, fish, poultry and nuts; and less than 3 grams of sodium daily) for 6-weeks.

Interventions

Mental training

Mental training (guided mindfulness meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn for 20 minutes, 3 times per week.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Physical training

Physical training (continuous moderate-intensity training at 40-60% of participants' heart rate reserve for 20 minutes excluding warm-up/cool-down, 3 times per week.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Mental & physical training

Mental and physical training (combination of mindfulness mediation for 20-minutes, 3 times per week and continuous moderate-intensity training for 20 minutes, 3 times per week.

Intervention Type: OTHER

DASH diet

DASH diet ( (more vegetables, fruits and low-fat dairy foods and moderate amounts of whole grains, fish, poultry and nuts; and less than 3 grams of sodium daily) for 6-weeks.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Male adults aged 18-25 years
• Normal BMI (18.5-24.9)
• Physically inactive
• SBP between 120-139 mmHg and/or DBP between 60-89 mmHg
• No hearing abnormalities
• Willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who have cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and neurological disorders or any other medical condition that would restrict them to participate in the exercise
• Those who are taking antihypertensive medications or other medications that will affect their BP and heart rate
• Participants who are currently engaging in any form of relaxation techniques such as yoga or meditation
• Individuals who are actively engaged in physical activities

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Imtiyaz Ali Mir

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Countries

Malaysia

Other Identifiers

MAP vs DASH Diet

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id