Mindfulness-based intervention for hypertension patients with depression and/or anxiety in the community: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate mindfulness-based intervention for hypertension with depression and/or anxiety.

Methods

10-week mindfulness-based intervention, including health education for hypertension, exclusively for the control group, was administered to the intervention group to assist sixty hypertension patients with depression/anxiety. Among them, the intervention group comprised 8 men and 22 women, with a mean age of 60.02 years and a mean duration of hypertension of 6.29 years. The control group consisted of 14 men and 16 women with a mean age of 57.68 years and a mean duration of hypertension of 6.32 years. The severity of depressive and/or anxiety symptoms was assessed using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529483 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature