{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Yau KY"],"funding":["Tung Wah College"],"pagination":["14665"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9690744"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(22)"],"pubmed_abstract":["(1) Background: The Mediterranean-DASH intervention for neurodegenerative delay (MIND) diet and forest bathing (FB) are first-line therapies for controlling hypertension. This study aimed to investigate the combined effects of a MIND diet and FB and MIND diet alone among older Chinese patients with hypertension. (2) Methods: Seventy-two participants aged >50 with stages 1 or 2 hypertension were randomly assigned to the MIND group (<i>n</i> = 23), MIND-FB group (<i>n</i> = 25), or control group (<i>n</i> = 24). Systolic blood pressure (SBP) (primary outcome), point-of-care tests for blood lipid panel and glucose (Glu), anxiety levels, mood states, body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and body fat percentage (BFP) were measured. (3) Results: After a four-week intervention, the ch"],"journal":["International journal of environmental research and public health"],"pubmed_title":["Cardiac and Mental Benefits of Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet plus Forest Bathing (FB) versus MIND Diet among Older Chinese Adults: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study."],"pmcid":["PMC9690744"],"funding_grant_id":["CRG2020/02"],"pubmed_authors":["Yau KY","Law PS","Wong CN"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Cardiac and Mental Benefits of Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet plus Forest Bathing (FB) versus MIND Diet among Older Chinese Adults: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.","description":"(1) Background: The Mediterranean-DASH intervention for neurodegenerative delay (MIND) diet and forest bathing (FB) are first-line therapies for controlling hypertension. This study aimed to investigate the combined effects of a MIND diet and FB and MIND diet alone among older Chinese patients with hypertension. (2) Methods: Seventy-two participants aged >50 with stages 1 or 2 hypertension were randomly assigned to the MIND group (<i>n</i> = 23), MIND-FB group (<i>n</i> = 25), or control group (<i>n</i> = 24). Systolic blood pressure (SBP) (primary outcome), point-of-care tests for blood lipid panel and glucose (Glu), anxiety levels, mood states, body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and body fat percentage (BFP) were measured. (3) Results: After a four-week intervention, the ch","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-18T13:24:41.999Z","creation":"2025-02-19T04:37:39.812Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9690744","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36429384"],"doi":["10.3390/ijerph192214665"]}}